![]() AmpleforthĪ coworker of Winston's, and a poet who works in the Records Department rewriting politically or ideologically objectionable Oldspeak poems. ![]() TillotsonĪ coworker of Winston's, Tillotson sits across from him in the Records Department and is extremely secretive about his work. Winston sees Tom while imprisoned in the Ministry of Love, and Tom is ironically proud of his seven-year-old daughter for having done her duty. However, his daughter eventually denounces him to the Thought Police, claiming he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep. Parsons is active in his community groups, and appears to truly believe Party claims and doctrine. Tom is a heavy, sweaty, simple man whom Winston despises for his unquestioning acceptance of everything the Party tells him. Parsons, and Winston's neighbor and coworker. Parsons knocks on Winston's door when he is writing in his diary to ask for his help unclogging the kitchen sink. Parsons is the mother of two horrific children belonging to the Spies and Youth League and who are bound to eventually denounce her and her husband to the Thought Police. A tired, aged woman with "dust in the creases of her face," Mrs. The wife of Tom Parsons and neighbor of Winston's. He is the mouthpiece of the Party, and the symbol all Party members worship. The symbol of Oceania and the Party, Big Brother is Oceania's supreme leader, and is omnipresent through telescreen projections, coins, and even large posters warning, "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU." Big Brother is theoretically one of the original founders of the Party and the Revolution, but Winston assumes he does not exist, will never age, and will never die. He can be fatherly - and even tender - even while fanatically expressing his devotion to the Party by torturing Winston. ![]() O'Brien is full of strange contradictions. O'Brien is a large, graceful, and clearly intelligent man who leads Winston to believe he is part of an underground movement against the Party, but in fact helps turn Winston in for thoughtcrime and tortures him in the Ministry of Love. Winston feels that even if O'Brien is an enemy, it wouldn't matter because he knows O'Brien will understand him without explanation. O'BrienĪ prominent Inner Party member with whom Winston feels a strange bond. Just like Winston, Julia leaves the Ministry of Love as a mere shell of a human being. When they meet again after their respective releases, Julia is spiritless, physically broken, and even nurses a vague dislike for Winston. Julia is arrested along with Winston and tortured in the Ministry of Love. Unlike Winston, Julia sees life simply, and is interested only in her survival and personal rebellion against the Party - not in long-term plans for the resurgence of democracy. Julia declares her love for Winston, thus beginning their affair and setting them down the path towards their eventual imprisonment. Julia also secretly despises the Party, but accepts its rule over her and therefore outwardly appears to be zealously devoted to the Party's causes. JuliaĪ 26-year-old Party member who works in the Fiction Department of the Ministry of Truth. Upon his release, he is a shell of a man, yet also an ideal, loyal, and devoted Party member. As a result of this experience, Winston loses all rebellious thoughts, gains unadulterated love for Big Brother and the Party, and eradicates his love for Julia. Winston is taken to the Ministry of Love and subjected to extensive torture and humiliation, which force him into submission. Unfortunately, the affair is short-lived, and the couple is arrested. His physical and mental health improves, and Winston starts to believe more powerfully in an established covert movement against the Party. Upon meeting Julia, he finds an outlet for his heretical opinions and for the love he yearns to share with another human being. Winston is married but separated, and has no children. To protect himself from discovery, Winston goes through the motions of outward orthodoxy, but relishes his internal world of dreams, memories and speculation about the past. Winston is also an amateur intellectual who nurses a secret hatred of the Party. A Party member, Winston works at the Ministry of Truth correcting "errors" in past publications. Winston is a quiet 39-year-old man living in Oceania in the year 1984.
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