Oceania, The Totalitarian Superpower In WWII Europe

April, 1984 in Oceania, the totalitarian superpower in WWII Europe. Winston Smith, who is a records editor, he starts a journal of his thoughts against the Party. If found, this journal will result in his death. Winston only writes when safe from the view of surveillance.

At work, Winston becomes curious about Julia, a machine operator in the Fiction Department. Although before he feared that she was a member of the Thought Police, all delusions ends when she slips him a note in the hallway one day. The two begin a secret affair, first starting to meet up in a rented room near Mr. Charrington’s shop. They think these places are away from surveillance.

As Winston and Julia fall in love, Winston’s views about the government change. Winston

is drawn to Brotherhood because they are revolutionary. Eventually, Winston makes contact with O’Brien, who he thinks is a member of the Brotherhood, but who actually is surveillance. O’Brien arranges for Winston to receive a copy of "the book”. He gets interrogated, and tortured. But before the torturing, Winston and Julia are arrested by the Thought Police. They later find out that the places they were hiding, they were being watched. The happy couple is then brought to the Ministry of Love, where they are tortured, interrogated, before their ultimate execution.

Months later, Winston is sent to a room, where a person is faced with his greatest fear. Winston’s greatest fear were rats. Winston yells and says to do it to Julia. So Winston gets to go back to being a happy member. Once released, Winston’s heart is filled with love for the Party. Even when he and Julia meet again by chance, they feel apathetic towards each other.