1984

1984 Character Page Winston Smith- A man in his late 30's and a member of the 'outer party' - the lower of the two classes. Winston Smith works for the government in one of the four main government buildings called the Ministry of Truth where his job is to rewrite history books in order for people not to learn what the past used to be like. O’Brien- An intelligent executive at the Ministry of Truth who is a member of the Inner Party (the upper class). O’Brien also denounces to him his thoughts and ideas about the Brotherhood; in the end of the book he tortures Winston after he is captured. Almost the entire last 1/3 of the book is dedicated to the dialogue between these two characters. Julia- The third and final main character of the book, She is an attractive young female who works with Winston at the Ministry of Truth. She is a member of the Outer Party. They fall in love, but never marry because of existing laws in 1984. Julia eventually learns of Winston’s plans, and even helps him. However, unlike O'Brien, she does not betray him. Plot 1984 is a complicated story of a man winston, government, war, even, party, novel, book, one, big, about, , socialism, past, o’brien, end, brother, works, words, truth, states, smith, people, oceania, new, ministry, member, man, love, idea, however, create, controls, change, always, young, way, unlike, two, thoughts, think, thing, therefore, state, single, result, require, put, plans, never, named, main