Characters
This main character works at the Ministry of Truth.
Who is Winston Smith?
Talking in your sleep is punishable by this.
What is death?
This figure is everywhere on posters.
Who is Big Brother?
Citizens participate daily in this to hate Party enemies.
What is the Two Minutes Hate?
This is the language the Party is creating.
What is Newspeak?
This neighbor’s children are trained to report Thoughtcrime.
Who is Parsons?
Winston keeping this in secret is a serious crime.
What is keeping a diary?
This political system controls Oceania.
What is Ingsoc?
Children join this group to spy on their parents.
What are the Junior Spies?
The goal of Newspeak is to reduce this.
What is thoughtcrime?
This dark-haired woman is noticed by Winston at work.
Who is Julia?
Thoughtcrime is this.
What is "thoughtcrime is death"?
This ministry rewrites history and news.
What is the Ministry of Truth?
Citizens participate in this weekly ritual to express loyalty to The Party.
What is Hate Week?
This character explains the purpose of Newspeak.
Who is Syme?
This coworker works on the Newspeak dictionary.
Who is Syme?
Face expressions can be punished as this.
What is facecrime?
This ministry runs Oceania’s wars.
What is the Ministry of Peace?
This creates a constant, paralyzing fear of surveillance at home.
What is spying on adults?
To make rebellious thoughts impossible, the Party does this.
What is reducing, limiting, changing, or destroying language?
This Inner Party member hints to Winston that he isn’t alone in disliking the Party.
Who is O’Brien?
Thinking against the Party is called this.
What is Thoughtcrime?
This ministry tortures and brainwashes citizens.
What is the Ministry of Love?
In 1984, what is the name of the government that controls everything in Oceania?
What is The Party?
In Newspeak, “good” can be strengthened using these prefixes.
What are plus and doubleplus?