1984

"In a low murmur Winston began speaking. Neither of them looked up; steadily they spooned the watery stuff into their mouths, and between spoonfuls exchanged the few necessary words in low expressionless voices. 'What time do you leave work?' 'Eighteen thirty.' 'Where can we meet?' 'Victory Square, near the monument.' 'It's full of telescreens.' 'It doesn't matter if there's a crowd.' 'Any signal?' 'No. Don't come up to me until you see me among a lot of people. And don't look at me. Just keep somewhere near me.' 'What time?' 'Nineteen hours.' 'All right.'" (94) This particular conversation in the book was very interesting to me because Julia and Winston were planning to meet up after Julia slipped Winston a note saying that she loved him. This conversation was unique to me because they made it seem like they weren't acknowledging each other even though they were ...

"Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date. In this way every prediction made by the Party could be shown by documentary evidence to have been correct; nor was any item of news, or any expression of opinion, which conflicted with the needs of the moment, ever allowed to remain on record. All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove fiction had taken place." (36-37) In the novel 1984, George Orwell describes a dystopian society; although most characters in the novel would say it's a utopian society. The characters in the book would believe it's a utopian society because everything they are told they believe. The characters don't know anything other than what they are told because all records are controlled to agree with everything the Party says. If a record makes the Party or Big Brother look bad, it is erased fr...