1. A negative utopia is a place where life is not good and the government controls everything. In 1984, Big Brother controls everyone in Oceania. Most people don’t have enough food, and some are on the verge of starvation.
6. Winston Smith- Winston Churchill is what the first part of his name is. He’s someone who acts out against convention, like Winston Churchill. His last name, Smith, is a very common name for people in the world, perhaps implying that he is at least supposed to be average like everyone else. Winston has varicose veins, an ulcer on his ankle, rough skin, fair hair, he thinks out against Big Brother, likes his job for the most part, he’s in his late thirties.
Julia- Her name stands for Juliet from Shakespeare. She’s young and thinks that no big rebellion can happen. When Winston first sees her, he has a desire to rape or kill her. He hates her purity and wants to corrupt her. But then they meet and he realizes that she is not pure at all. Their relationship is the only rebellion she thinks they can have.
Mrs. Parsons- Dust in her wrinkles. Her name stands for a priest. About thirty, looks older, thin hair, crushed looking. She has been run over by life. She has bought into the party way of life.
Tom Parsons- His name means party son. He just blindly sort of follows the party like a son following a father. Tom is a fat, sweaty, vulgar person. He is too stupid to commit a crime against the Party. Parsons is very ugly and he thinks he has control of his kids, but they are smarter than him, so he really doesn’t.
Syme- He is very smart, and because of his intelligence, he must eventually be killed. He is very small, with dark eyes, thin dark face. He is vaporized. Syme is rewriting the new-speak dictionary, and is helping to make it impossible to commit thought crime by eliminating the words that would enable it.
Comrade Ogilvy- It is a Scottish name that means a high place. He is a made up by Winston. Ogilvy is a perfect member of the Party. He supposedly gives up all toys, except those that he would be able to use later in life as a member of the military, a drum, a machine gun, and a model helicopter. He was a member of all the right leagues, taking control of them at a young age. When he was in the Spies, he denounced his uncle to the thought police. He invented a new grenade that was more deadly. While being pursued by the enemy he weights his body down and leaps out of his plane to keep out of enemy hands. He believes that he has no time for women or sex. He’s a perfect party member.
Katharine- Winston’s wife. He really hates her. She is extremely loyal to the party and forces him to have sex every week in hope that she could become pregnant. He grows to hate this ritual. She was tall, fair-haired, and moved well. She was very stupid and followed the party without a question in her mind.
Obrien- He is a large, strong looking man, with a brutal face. He is head of the Thought Police. When Winston first sees him, he is drawn to Obrien. He is a representation of Big Brother.
Mr. Charrington- He’s very old and has a bowed body. He has grey hair, and an air of superior intelligence to the other proles. Charrington has a soft, less accented voice. He turns out to be a member of thought police, and actually turns in Winston and Julia.
Chinless man- Has a scrap of bread in jail, and when a starving man comes in, the chinless man feels guilty and so tries to give him the bread. He is told to drop the bread and then is brutally beaten.
Starving man- A man brought into the same cell as Winston. He is obviously starving to death but noone can help him.
Singing prole lady- She sings a song written by machines, and while it is not all that good of a song, she manages to make it sound good with her voice.
Old prole- Winston bought beer for him.
8. The purpose of Newspeak is to control people, and prevent them from being able to commit thought crime by limiting the ability to think because the words for thought crime don’t even exist.
11. Ministry of Love- Controls law and order
Ministry of Truth- Controls news, entertainment, education, and fine arts.
Ministry of Peace- Controls war
Ministry of plenty- Controls economic affairs.
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