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“1984” is a novel by George Orwell. In chapter 1, the novel starts in London, Airstrip One at Victory
Mansions in Winston's flat on April 4, 1984. Winston Smith is at his office in the Ministry of Truth.
Winston Smith is a 39-year-old guy living alone in his apartment. He comes home from work at big
brother. The party leader has posters of himself everywhere in the area. Two-way tele-screens were
mounted for surveillance purposes in all public spaces, including the washrooms. He works as an editor.
He can see all the government from his window. There is one spot in his apartment which is hidden from
the tele-screen view, called the alcove. It is where he publishes his diary, which is against the law as a