Essay Galaxy - Summary of 1984
Summary of 1984
The story begins with Winston, the main character, coming back to his
apartment from his job at the Ministry of Truth. Winston�s job was to change
recorded events, predictions made by the Party, and documents to make then �
correct�. In actuality his job was to falsify history to whatever was in the
Party�s current best interest. Whatever the Party said must always be correct
and undisputable, there fore history was constantly being rewritten by people
like Winston. One of the Party�s slogans was �He who controls the past, controls
the future. He who controls the present, controls the past.�
Every word anyone said was heard by the inner Party, also, every motion
anyone made could be seen by the telescreens that were like two-way TVs. Anyone
who showed any discontent or disapproval towards the Party was seen or heard,
and taken to Minist....
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