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The [[protagonist]], Winston Smith, works in the Ministry of Truth, altering records to fit the Party's current view of history. However, Smith grows to gradually disagree with the Party and what it stands for. Eventually, he and his lover Julia are captured by the thought police and tortured to the point where they once again love the party.

The [[protagonist]], Winston Smith, works in the Ministry of Truth, altering records to fit the Party's current view of history. However, Smith grows to gradually disagree with the Party and what it stands for. Eventually, he and his lover Julia are captured by the thought police and tortured to the point where they once again love the party.

Much of the novel is taken up with discussions of the nature of power and societal control, and words and mottos from the novel--"doublethink", "We have always been at war with Eastasia", "the memory hole" and many more--have become standard shorthand in political discussions.

Much of the novel is taken up with discussions of the nature of power and societal control, and words and mottos from the novel--"doublethink", "We have always been at war with Eastasia", "the memory hole" and many more--have become standard shorthand in political discussions, while terms such as "thought police", "Room 101" and "Big Brother" have entered the language.

 

The environmental background to the action of the story is a satirical portrayal of late-1940s London, a city where war damage was still very evident, and rationing and shortages a way of life. The Ministry of Truth, as described by Orwell in the novel, is based upon the Senate House building of London University, at the time one of the tallest buildings in the capital, and home during the Second World War to the Ministry of Information.

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