1984

had been tacked to the wall. It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five,

The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred.

the Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts; the Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war; the Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order; and the Ministry of Plenty, which was responsible for economic affairs. Their names, in Newspeak: Minitrue, Minipax, Miniluv, and Miniplenty.

three thousand rooms

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, three hundred meters into the air.

third most populous of the provinces

chief city of Airstrip One

the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.

Ninth Three-Year Plan.