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Works of George Orwell: Detailed Summary. Part Two

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Orwell, George

Orwell, George
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Detailed Summary. Part Two

While Part One has described Winston Smith's increasing urge, arising
partly from his subconscious, against his society which he intuitively feels
(but cannot prove) is rotten to the core, Part Two deals with the progressive
acting out of Winston Smith's hostility to the Party and to Big Brother. We
already know that the revolt will lead nowhere but to the torture chambers of
the Thought Police; everyone who revolts is caught sooner or later, and
Winston has already accepted an image of himself as an "unperson" who, if he
is ...

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