1984

7 Pages 1781 Words

. Winston goes to his job where he works with a speakwrite and destroys obsolete documents. He updates big brothers orders and Party records so that they match the partys version.The citizens of airstrip one are forced to live with less food, but winston changes the records to read that they are being given more than ever and they believe it. Winston has lunch with a man named syme, he works on a revised dictionary of Newspeak. Syme tells Winston that Newspeak aims to narrow the range of thought to make thoughtcrime impossible. Winston records in his diary later that evening of his memory of his last sexual encounter. Winston’s former wife Katherine hated sex. As soon as she realized they would never have children, they separated. Winston wants to have a sexual affair, which he sees as the ultimate act of rebellion.
Though Winston knows almost nothing about o’brien beyond his name, he is sure that he detects independence and rebellion in him. Thinking about the partys control of every record of the truth, winston realizes that the party requires its members to deny the evidence of their eyes...