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نویسنده: جورج اورول انتشارات: نشر مجید به قلم: امین رضایی ورودی ۱۴۰۰ مهندسی مکانیک Brief1984 is a masterpiece by George Orwell. It’s his last novel written in 1948. Similar toanimal’s farm, He wrote it to warn readers of the dangers of totalitarianism.SummaryWinston Smith is a member of the Outer Party. He works in the Records Department inthe Ministry of Truth, rewriting and distorting history. To escape Big Brother's tyranny, atleast inside his own mind, Winston begins a diary — an act punishable by death. Winstonis determined to remain human under inhuman conditions. Yet telescreens are placedeverywhere — in his home, in his work place, in the cafeteria where he eats, even in thebathrooms. His every move is watched. No place is safe.One day, while at the mandatory Two Minutes Hate, Winston catches the eye of anInner Party Member, O'Brien, whom he believes to be an ally. He also catches the eye of adark-haired girl from the Fiction Department, whom he believes is his enemy and wantshim destroyed. A few days later, Julia, the dark-haired girl, secretly hands him a note thatreads, "I love you." Winston takes pains to meet her, and when they finally do, Julia drawsup a complicated plan whereby they can be alone.Alone in the countryside, Winston and Julia make love and begin their allegianceagainst the Party and Big Brother. Winston is able to secure a room above a shop wherehe and Julia can go for their romantic visits. Winston and Julia fall in love, and, while theyknow that they might someday be caught, they believe that the love and loyalty they feelfor each other can never be taken from them.Eventually, Winston and Julia confess to O'Brien, their hatred of the Party; whom theybelieve to be a member of the Brotherhood (an underground organization aimed to bringdown the Party). O'Brien welcomes them into the Brotherhood with some questions, thengives Winston a copy of "the book," the underground's treasonous volume written by theirleader, Emmanuel Goldstein, former ally of Big Brother turned enemy.Winston gets the book and takes it to the secure room where he reads it with Julianapping by his side. The two are disturbed by a noise behind a painting in the room anddiscover a telescreen. They are dragged away and separated. Winston finds himself deepinside the Ministry of Love, a kind of prison with no windows, where he sits for days alone.Finally, O'Brien comes. Initially Winston believes that O'Brien has also been caught, but hesoon realizes that O'Brien is there to torture him. The Party had been aware of Winston's"crimes" all along; in fact, O'Brien has been watching Winston for the past seven years.O'Brien spends the next few months breaking Winston in order to change his way ofthinking — to employ the concept of doublethink, the ability to simultaneously believe intwo opposing ideas. Winston believes that the human mind must be free, and to remainfree, one must be allowed to believe in an objective truth, such as 2 + 2 = 4. O'Brien wantsWinston to believe that 2 + 2 = 5, but Winston resists.Finally, O'Brien takes Winston to Room 101, the place where prisoners meet theirgreatest dreads. Winston's greatest fear is rats. O'Brien places over Winston's head a maskmade of wire mesh and threatens to open the door to release rats on Winston's face. WhenWinston screams, "Do it to Julia!" he gives up his last sign of humanity.Winston is a changed man. He sits in the Chestnut Tree Café, watching the telescreensand agonizing over the results of daily battles on the front lines. He has seen Julia again.She, too, is changed, seeming older and less attractive. She admits that she also betrayedhim. In the end, there is no doubt, Winston loves Big Brother.لینک طاقچه: https://taaghche.com/book/56416/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B8%DB%B4