Characters
This is the protagonist who works at the Ministry of Truth.
Who is Winston Smith?
The slogan: "War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is ______."
What is Strength?
This is the official language designated to limit thought.
What is Newspeak?
This object allows the Party to constantly watch citizens.
What is a telescreen?
Winston begins his rebellion by doing this illegal act.
What is writing in a diary?
This character becomes Winston's lover and shares his rebellion.
Who is Julia?
This Ministry is responsible for propaganda and rewriting history.
What is the Ministry of Truth?
"Doubleplusgood" most closely means this.
What is very good?
This forbidden place is where Winston and Julia secretly meet.
What is the countryside (or the room above Mr. Charrington's shop)?
Winston and Julia are betrayed by this shop owner.
Who is Mr. Charrington?
This Inner Party member pretends to be part of the resistance.
Who is O'Brien?
This is the term for illegal thoughts against the Party.
What is thoughtcrime?
This term refers to a person erased from existence.
What is an unperson?
This terrifying room contains a person's worst fear.
What is Room 101?
This happens to Winston after he is captured.
What is torture (or re-education)?
This figure represents the face of the Party and is always watching.
Who is Big Brother?
The Party's method of holding two contradictory beliefs at once.
What is doublethink?
The purpose of Newspeak is to eliminate this.
What is free thought (or rebellious thought)?
This paperweight symbolizes this (fragile past/memory/beauty).
What is the past (or lost history)?
O'Brien forces Winston to confront his fear of this in Room 101.
What are rats?
This character writes the supposed revolutionary book against the Party.
Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?
This group holds the most power in Oceania.
What is the Inner Party?
This is the appendix at the end of the novel explaining Newspeak.
What is "The Principles of Newspeak"?
This nursery rhyme is tied to Winston's memories of the past.
What is "Oranges and lemons..."?
At the end of the novel, Winston feels this toward Big Brother.
What is love?