Winston Smith
Thirty-nine
What is Winston's age?
The main "enemy of the people," a recording of whom is projected during the TMH.
Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?
In an alcove, likely meant for bookshelves, away from the wall-mounted monitoring device.
What is where Winston sat/hid himself to write?
Time of day when they arrive to take away thoughtcriminals
What is "it was always at night—the arrests invariably happened at night." (p.19)
The eyes of this dictator are always "watching you"
Who is Big Brother?
His place of employment
What is the Ministry of Truth?
At the conclusion of the TMH, one woman calls Big Brother by this religious term.
What is "My Savior"?
Winston writes this same phrase over and over, "filling half a page."
What is "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER"?
The manner in which thoughtcriminals are executed
What is being shot in the back of the neck?
This device monitors your living quarters
What is the telescreen?
A physical description of our protagonist
What is "smallish, frail, meager" with fair hair, rough skin, and a varicose ulcer on his ankle?
Winston observes that this emotion (a synonym for hate) "could be switched from one object to another."
What is rage?
The object referred to here: Winston "had been stricken immediately by an overwhelming desire to possess it."
What is the notebook/diary itself?
The Ministry that houses the Thought Police
What is the Ministry of Love?
The Party's brand of (cheap & unpleasant) consumer goods
What is Victory?
Why he dislikes "nearly all women, and especially the young and pretty ones."
What is because "they were the most bigoted adherents of the Party" (p. 10)
or—in the case of the dark-haired girl—"because he wanted to go to bed with her and would never do so." (p.15)?
This closing practice was described as "an act of self-hypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness."
What is chanting "B-B!... B-B!...B-B!"
The violent scene Winston describes from the war movie he had seen recently
What is the killing of refugees at sea?
The secret counter-revolutionary organization the Thought Police is sworn to destroy
What is the Brotherhood?
Two of the Party's three slogans
What is WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, or IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH?
His ability to recollect childhood memories
What is "...it was no use, he could not remember: nothing remained of his childhood..." (p.3)
Finish the quotation, "The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that..."
What is "it was impossible to avoid joining in"?
The "significant thing" referred to here: "It was, he now realized, because of this...that he had suddenly decided to come home and begin the diary today."
What is Winston catching O'Brien's eye and believing that O'Brien was sending the message, "I am with you. I am on your side."
The term for an enemy of the people's disappearance and erasure from the state's records.
What is being vaporized?
The Party's two ministries concerned with War and Economics, respectively.
What are Ministry of Peace and Ministry of Plenty?