Winston Smith endures a squalid existence in the totalitarian
superstate of Oceania under the constant surveillance of the Thought
Police. The story takes place in London, the capital of the territory
of Airstrip One (Britain).

Winston works in a cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history
in accordance with the agenda of the Party which rules Oceania under
its supreme figurehead, Big Brother. A man haunted by painful memories
and restless desires, Winston is a malcontent who keeps a secret diary
of his private thoughts, thus committing thoughtcrime -- the crime of
independent thought contrary to the aims of the Party.

His life takes a fatal turn when he is accosted by a fellow Outer
Party worker -- a mysterious, bold-looking girl named Julia -- and they
begin an illicit affair. Their first meeting takes place in the remote
countryside where they exchange subversive ideas and enjoy a sexual
encounter. Shortly after, Winston rents a room above a pawn shop where
they continue their liaison. Julia, a sensual, free-spirited woman,
procures contraband food and clothing for them, and for a brief few
months they secretly meet and enjoy an idyllic life of relative
freedom and contentment together.

It all comes to an end when they are discovered and arrested, the
elderly proprietor of the pawn shop, was a thought police officer from
the very start and the whole pawn shop was nothing but a ploy to
ensnare malcontent party members fascinated by the past and its
preservation (a crime in its own right) just like Winston was. Without
warning, the Thought Police raid the flat and arrest the two of them.

Winston and Julia are then separated and taken away to be detained,
questioned and rehabilitated. Winston is taken to the Ministry of
Love, where he is systematically tortured and brainwashed by O'Brien,
a high-ranking member of the Inner Party whom Winston had previously
believed to be a fellow thoughtcriminal (particularly, a covert member
of Emmanuel Goldstein's Brotherhood).

O'Brien gives Winston didactic instruction about the state's true
purpose as well a kind of epistemological catechism involving the
theory and praxis of doublethink -- i.e., the holding of two
contradictory thoughts at the same time. Doublethink entails the
subtle, willful denial or suppression of all self-evident truths,
memories, and/or physical proofs which run contrary to the absolute
political (and personal) reality dictated by the Party. Through the
agency of the Ministry of Truth and the Thought Police -- which
enforces, and operates in tandem with, the private orthodox
application of doublethink -- the Party may endorse, redact or
eradicate entirely all public and private knowledge of history as it
sees fit.

For his final rehabilitation, Winston is brought to Room 101, where
O'Brien tells him he will be subjected to the "worst thing in the
world". When confronted with this unbearable horror, Winston's
resistance finally and irretrievably breaks down, and he repudiates
his allegiance to Julia. Now completely subjugated and purged of any
rebellious thoughts, impulses, or personal attachments, Winston is
restored to physical health and released.

Winston returns to the Chestnut Tree Café, where he had previously
seen the rehabilitated thought criminals Jones, Aaronson and
Rutherford -- once prominent but later disgraced members of the Inner
Party -- who have since been "vaporised" and rendered unpersons. While
sitting at the chess table, Winston is approached by Julia, who has
also been brainwashed and rehabilitated. They share a bottle of
Victory Gin and unemotionally exchange a few words about how they have
betrayed each other.

After Julia leaves, Winston watches a broadcast of himself on the
telescreen, effusively confessing his "crimes" against the state and
imploring forgiveness in the humbled and remorseful manner of a
prodigal son come back to the fold.

Upon hearing a news report declaring the Oceanian army's utter rout of
the enemy Eurasian forces in North Africa, Winston silently and
tearfully professes his gratitude and love for Big Brother as he
anticipates the date of his execution. Having been deprived of his
freedom to think and feel, and reduced to a mere shell of a man,
Winston is soon to be deprived of his very physical existence as well;
and he now welcomes his final subjugation to the absolute power and
supremacy of the state.

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