1984 by Grey, Isaac, Jacob, Anthony, Nathan

1984 Summary

Winston is a Comrade for the Party, and hates Big Brother secretly. He knows O'Brien thinks the same. There is a dark haired girl that seems to be following him. Winston went to a shop where he bought the paperweight. Mr. Charrington shows him a room upstairs and lets him stay. He assures him that there is no telescreen. When he leaves he spots the same dark haired girl.
She somehow gets a note to him that says "I love you". After that they get extremely close and Winston learns that her name is Julia. They met on various occasions, but they most often met in The room upstairs of the shop Mr. Charrigton owned. They both wanted to join O'Brien's league, the Brotherhood. They had a talk with O'Brien, and he let them join. Winston was reading the book given to him by O'Brien and then he went to bed with Julia.
Then, when Julia and Winston woke up they heard something. In Mr. Charrington's room, there was a telescreen behind the painting! They were kidnapped and brought to a room where Winston was alone without Julia and was starved. He was constantly beaten and finally O'Brien brought him out to a room where there was a chair. He was strapped up and brainwashed to believe false things. Then, he was brought to room 101. He faced his worst fears, rats. O'Brien was a traitor. His life was forever changed from then including now he loved the smug face on the wall. He loved Big Brother.

The climax in this book is when Winston is in the Ministry of Love and being brainwashed to love Big Brother and Tortured to betray Julia and to change his thoughts so he doesn't betray the Party again.

Tepid: a feeling or reaction that is tepid shows a lack of excitement or interest.

Blackwhite: Blackwhite is a Newspeak word that means an oxymoron.

Doubleplusgood: A Newspeak word that means very very good

Gelatinous: in a state between solid and liquid, like a gel

lymph: a clear liquid that is formed in your body and passes into your blood system to fight against infection

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