Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling ** Ministry of Truth**, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent ** Big Brother**, control the people of Oceania.

Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling ** Ministry of Truth**, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent ** Big Brother**, control the people of Oceania.

Winston knows what a good citizen of Oceania must do: show his devotion for ** Big Brother and the Party**; abstain from all vices; and, most importantly, possess no critical thoughts of their own. The new notebook he’s begun to write in is definitely against the rules – in fact, the ** Thought Police** could arrest him simply for having it. Yet, as Winston begins to write his own history, a seed of rebellion begins to grow in his heart – one that could have devastating consequences.

In ** George Orwell**’s final and most well-known novel, he explores a dystopian future in which a totalitarian government controls the actions, thoughts and even emotions of its citizens, exercising power through control of language and history. Its lasting popularity is testament to ** Orwell**’s powerful prose, and is a passionate political warning for today.