Characters+of+1984

__**Characters of 1984**__ __Winston Smith__- In 1984, he works in the Outer Party department. Winston is the main character who contemplates many times about rebelling against Big Brother and the Party throughout the book. He doesn't know how and when he will commence his plan to rebel. He eventually meets with Julia and O'Brien who he thinks are also against the Party. "The flat was seven flights up, and Winston, who was thirty-nine, and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle, went slowly, resting several times on the way" (1). __Julia__- Julia admires and desires Winston definitely for his thoughts and opinions about the Party and Big Brother. She works for the Inner Party. "She was a bold-looking girl of about twenty-seven, with thick dark hair, a freckled face, and swift, athletic movements" (10). __O'Brien__- O'Brien is a member of the Inner Party and holds a very important position within the Inner Party. Winston has a mutual feeling of respect for O'Brien and believes that he is against the Party and Big Brother. "O'Brien was a large, burly man with a thick neck and a coarse, humorous, brutal face. In spite of his formidable appearance he had a certain charm of manner" (10). __Big Brother__- Big Brother is the leader of the Party. Although he doesn't make any physical contact with any of the characters in this book, he has a strong authority over everybody and is highly praised because of his policies. __Emmanuel Goldstein__- Emmanuel Goldstein is a figure of rebellion against the Party. "Goldstein was the renegade and backslider who once, long ago (how long ago, nobody quite remembered), had been one of the leading figures of the Party, almost on a level with Big Brother himself, and then had engaged in counterrevolutionary activities, had been condemned to death, and had mysteriously escaped and disappeared" (11-12). __Mr. Charrington__- Mr. Charrington is the owner of an antique shop who lets Winston live on the upper level of the shop. "Mr. Charrington, it seemed, was a widower aged sixty-three and had inhabited this shop for thirty years" (99). __Syme__- Syme is Winston's "friend" who works in the Research Department of the Outer Party. He is a somewhat intelligent figure to Winston. "Syme was a philologist, a specialist in Newspeak. Indeed, he was one of the enormous team of experts now engaged in compiling the Eleventh Edition of the Newspeak dictionary. He was a tiny creature, smaller than Winston, with dark hair and large, protuberant eyes, at once mournful and derisive, which seemed to search your face closely while he was speaking to you" (48). __Parsons__- Parsons lives in the same housing building as Winston. At times they talk during their lunch breaks. "Parsons, Winston's fellow tenant at Victory Mansions, was in fact threading his way across the room- a tubby, middle-sized man with fair hair and a froglike face. At thirty-five he was already putting on rolls of fat at neck and waistline, but his movements were brisk and boyish. His whole appearance was that of a little boy grown large, so much so that although he was wearing the regulation overalls, it was almost impossible not to think of him as being dressed in the blue shorts, gray shirt, and red neckerchief of the Spies" (55).

