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Book One Chapter i ''April 4th, 1984''
Winston Smith is a 39-year-old man and apart of the Party. On April 4th, 1984 Winston begins writing in his diary, after he comes across a corner in his room, the telescreen does not detect. -
Book One Chapter iii ''Winston's Dream''
Winston dreams of his mother and younger sister, his dream is about his mother sacrificing her life for his life. During Winston’s dream, he remembers his behaviour towards his mother and how he treated her. Winston begins to feel sad and realizes he was unfair to his mother. -
Book One Chapter iv ''Memory Hole''
While Winston is at work, a pile of papers arrives at his workstation, accommodating Party documents. In this pile he discovers, a newspaper clipping concerning an incident the Party attempted to cover up. After reading the newspaper clipping, he hesitantly throws the clipping into the memory hole, getting rid of the evidence, but not the experience. -
Book One Chapter vi ''The Diary''
Winston writes in his diary disclosing information about the night he had intercourse with a prole prostitute. Winston struggles with his inner disturbance surrounding his contemptuous act, as he takes notes in his diary about a man’s nervous system being his worst enemy. -
Book One Chapter vii ''Proles''
After witnessing a dispute, Winston realizes that proles are the only way to end the Party’s totalitarian power. (George Orwell, 2013) "Until they become conscious, they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious.’’ This sentence means, while they continue to follow without vision, things will never change. https://www.shmoop.com/quotes/until-they-become-unconscious.html -
Book One Chapter viiii ''The Old Man''
One night after work, Winston decides to roam the streets of London to clear his mind. Though he is aware of the potential ‘’steamer’’ attack, he proceeds his walk regardless. After Winston survives the attack, he strolled to a place he finds familiar. He sees an old man go into a pub across the street from the antique shop. Winston asks the old man to think back to the revolution and explain anything he remembers. Winston realizes the old man does not have the answers he is looking for. -
Book One Chapter viiii ''Antique Shop''
After the pub, Winston heads to the Antique shop where he bought his diary. Despite how he feels about going into the store, he goes regardless. After he enters the store, he begins to talk to Mr. Charrington, the owner of the shop. During the conversation, Mr. Charrington gives Winston permission to use the empty room above the store, where there is no telescreen for a small fee. -
Book Two Chapter i ''The Dark-haired Girl''
While Winston is working, he takes a break to use the restroom. On his way to the restroom, he witnesses a dark-haired girl fall to the floor. Winston rushes to help her up off the floor, as she gets up, she carefully hands Winston a piece of paper that says ''I love you''. -
Book Two Chapter i ''First Date''
After the encounter in the hallway between Winston and Julia, the dark-haired girl, she continues to find ways to talk to Winston. Julia came up with a plan for her and Winston to meet each other somewhere. she guides him to an area and begins to get undressed exactly like in a dream that Winston recently had. They proceed to have sex. -
Book Two Chapter iii ''Second Date''
After not seeing each other for a while, Winston and Julia decide to meet again. As their last encounter was difficult, Winston decided to rent out the room above Mr. Charrington at the shop. Julia brings make up and real tea, real coffee. At this moment, Winston realizes the Party disciplines the proles to live in filth and gives them substitutions for everything. While the members of the Party get to live clean, enjoy good food and other profligacy. Winston and Julia spend the night together. -
Book Two Chapter x ''Captured''
Julia and Winston woke up one morning and began having a small talk. During their discussion, they are interrupted by a telescreen. The troops charge in and shatter the glass paperweight, they kick Winston and beat Julia. Mr. Charrington enters the room and demands someone to pick up the fragments from the broken paperweight. It finally registers to Winston that Mr. Charrington’s voice was the one coming from the telescreen, and that Mr. Charrington is a member of the Thought Police. -
Book Three Chapter i ''Ministry of Love''
Winston finds himself in a place where there is no darkness. He is sitting in a bare-cell with bright lights that stay on. There are four telescreens monitoring him. Winston is relieved when O'Brien enters his cell, a man he believes is a secret member of the brotherhood. But Winston quickly finds out O'Brien is an operative for the Ministry of Love. -
Book Three Chapter ii ''Pain''
O'Brien is torturing Winston, as O'Brien increases the pain, Winston begins to agree with everything O'Brien wants him to. Although Winston sees O'Brien is holding up four fingers, he agrees to accept he is holding up five. Eventually, O'Brien stops the pain, this moment is when Winston begins to love O'Brien; Winston believes that O'Brien is not the source of pain. O'Brien explains to Winston that his current impression looks crazy, and the torture will help him. -
Book Three Chapter v ''Room 101''
The tormentors bring the prisoners to room 101. This place is where O'Brien straps Winston to a chair, he secures Winston's head making him unable to move. O'Brien reminds Winston of his worst nightmare; he places a cage full of squirming rats close to Winston. Quickly Winston betrays Julia, O'Brien is content with this treachery and releases Winston. -
Book Three Chapter vi ''Winston's Fate''
Although Winston does not physically die in the end, he dies figuratively. Winston's time at the Ministry of Love has ruined his mind, self-command, and his individuality. His love for love for Big Brother prevents him from thinking for himself. Winston continues to imagine the day the Party will shoot him.
