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Character Analysis

- Winston Smith
- Minor characters
- Ampleforth
- O'Brien
- Mr and Mrs Parsons
- Julia
- Emmanuel Goldstein
- The Man in the Pub
- Mr Charrington
- Big Brother
- Syme
- The Lady with the Red Arms

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- Totalitarianism, power, and control
- The individual vs. the collective
- Psychological coercion and manipulation
- Technology and surveillance

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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

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