Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

• HSC Year 12 Prescribed Texts
• Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
• Texts and Human Experiences
• Prose Fiction

‘Who controls the past controls the future- who controls the present controls the past’

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.