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Aaronson Ampleforth Answers become betray Julia betrayal Big Brother bomb Brother Is Watching Brotherhood Chapter character Charrington's Chestnut Tree Cafe chinless Comrade Ogilvy confess controls the past coral paperweight darkness diary doublethink Eastasia Emmanuel Goldstein Eurasia Eurasian soldier exist Fiction Department George Orwell gesture girl Goldstein's book Hate Week hatred human Ingsoc Inner Party Julia and Winston Julia believes Junior Anti-Sex League MAXnotes meet memory hole Ministry of Love Ministry of Truth Minutes Hate Newspeak novel O'Brien Oceania Orwell's Parsons Party members Party slogan Party's phrase Pornosec posters prisoners proles rats reminds Winston RESEARCH & EDUCATION satire SECTION seems ston Study Questions Suggested Essay Topics Summary symbol Syme Syme's telescreen tells Winston thing Thought Police thoughtcrime torture totalitarian vocabulary Winston and Julia Winston believes Winston continues Winston feels Winston realizes Winston remembers Winston Smith Winston thinks Winston's dream Winston's job Winston's mother Winston's reaction words writing