Essay Archive - 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. Winstonıs job was to change
recorded events, predictions made by the Party, and documents to make then ³
correct². In actuality his job was to falsify history to whatever was in the
Partyıs 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 Partyıs slogans was ³He who controls the past, controls
the future. He who controls the present, controls the past.²
Every word anyone said was heard by t....
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