1984: Figuren, Personenkonstellation & Charakterisierung

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Hauptfiguren

Winston Smith

A 39-year-old Outer Party clerk at the Ministry of Truth who rewrites history by day and commits thoughtcrime by night. He wants truth and the past back — and loses both, along with Julia, in Room 101.

Kommt vor in:: Teil 1: Das Tagebuch in der Nische; Teil 2: Die Hoffnung liegt bei den Proles; Teil 3: Das Zimmer, der Zettel, die Falle; Teil 4: Raum 101; Teil 5: Er liebte Big Brother
Themen:: Totale Kontrolle der Wirklichkeit; Überwachung und Selbstzensur; Macht um der Macht willen; Hoffnung und die Proles

Julia

A dark-haired Fiction Department worker and Junior Anti-Sex League member who hates the Party and rebels for pleasure, not politics. She loves Winston fiercely until torture makes them betray each other.

Kommt vor in:: Teil 1: Das Tagebuch in der Nische; Teil 3: Das Zimmer, der Zettel, die Falle; Teil 4: Raum 101; Teil 5: Er liebte Big Brother

O'Brien

An Inner Party official who poses as a Brotherhood recruiter to draw Winston in. He is Thought Police all along, and personally tortures Winston into loving Big Brother.

Kommt vor in:: Teil 1: Das Tagebuch in der Nische; Teil 3: Das Zimmer, der Zettel, die Falle; Teil 4: Raum 101
Themen:: Totale Kontrolle der Wirklichkeit; Macht um der Macht willen

Big Brother

The Party's face on every poster — BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU — and its object of worship. Whether he exists is never revealed.

Kommt vor in:: Teil 1: Das Tagebuch in der Nische; Teil 5: Er liebte Big Brother

Ebenfalls dabei

Nebenfiguren

Emmanuel Goldstein

The Enemy of the People, reviled in the Two Minutes Hate and credited with the resistance's book. O'Brien claims the Party wrote the book itself.

Kommt vor in:: Teil 1: Das Tagebuch in der Nische

Mr Charrington

A kindly antiques dealer in the prole quarter who sells Winston his diary and rents the lovers their room. He is an undercover Thought Police agent, and the room is the trap.

Kommt vor in:: Teil 2: Die Hoffnung liegt bei den Proles; Teil 4: Raum 101

Syme

Winston's brilliant philologist colleague, compiling the Newspeak Dictionary that will make thoughtcrime impossible. Too intelligent to be safe, he becomes an unperson exactly as Winston predicted.

Kommt vor in:: Teil 2: Die Hoffnung liegt bei den Proles; Teil 3: Das Zimmer, der Zettel, die Falle
Themen:: Sprache als Waffe

Tom Parsons

Winston's devoted, dim neighbour, the Outer Party's ideal member. His seven-year-old daughter denounces him for talking against Big Brother in his sleep — and he is proud of her.

Kommt vor in:: Teil 2: Die Hoffnung liegt bei den Proles
Themen:: Überwachung und Selbstzensur

Katharine

Winston's cold, orthodox wife, married out of duty to the Party and separated from him because they could not conceive. He once fantasised about pushing her off a cliff into a quarry.

Wie sie zusammenhängen

Wichtige Beziehungen

Winston Smith Julia
He wants truth and the past back — and loses both, along with Julia, in Room 101.
O'Brien Winston Smith
An Inner Party official who poses as a Brotherhood recruiter to draw Winston in.
O'Brien Big Brother
He is Thought Police all along, and personally tortures Winston into loving Big Brother.
Emmanuel Goldstein O'Brien
O'Brien claims the Party wrote the book itself.
Mr Charrington Winston Smith
A kindly antiques dealer in the prole quarter who sells Winston his diary and rents the lovers their room.
Syme Winston Smith
Winston's brilliant philologist colleague, compiling the Newspeak Dictionary that will make thoughtcrime impossible.
Tom Parsons Winston Smith
Winston's devoted, dim neighbour, the Outer Party's ideal member.
Tom Parsons Big Brother
His seven-year-old daughter denounces him for talking against Big Brother in his sleep — and he is proud of her.
Katharine Winston Smith
Winston's cold, orthodox wife, married out of duty to the Party and separated from him because they could not conceive.

1984: Themen & Symbole

Totale Kontrolle der Wirklichkeit · Überwachung und Selbstzensur · Sprache als Waffe · Macht um der Macht willen

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