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Winston kills his mother
Winston had been quite greedy in the past, demanding the biggest portions and such in the small family. When the first chocolate ration for months was issued, he demanded the whole of it. After getting three fourths of the chocolate, he stole his sisters piece and ran away. When he returned home, his mother and sister was gone. He took this as meaning that he had "killed" his mother -
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The Great Purge
The other leaders of the revolution are purged, with only Big Brother remaining -
Winston marries his wife
Winston is married to Katharine -
Winston finds the picture of the party leaders
Winston finds a dated photo of old revolutionary leaders, which contradicts their confessions under their trials. The photo is set in New York, but the men had confessed to being Eurasian soil at the time of the photo -
Winston seperates from his wife
As their marriage produced no children, Katharine and Winston seperated, as divorce is not permitted -
First diary entry
Winston Smith makes his first diary entry, beginning the process of wrestling his mind free from the grip of the party -
Winston Smith begins trusting mr. O'Brien
Smith makes eye contact with O'Brien during the two minutes of hate. This makes Smith see O'Brien as a fellow dissident -
Winston tries to find what life before the Revolution was like
Winston tries to find what life before the Revolution was like by asking and old man he finds in a bar. The man remembers small slices of life, but not the great, important things -
Winston revisits the junk-shop
Winston revisits the shop he first bought his diary in. He finds out that he can rent a room there, and dreams of buying some of the stuff there. On the way back, he is followed by Julia, whom he thinks an agent of the Thought Police -
Julia slips Winston a note
Julia slips Winston a note saying that she loves him -
Winston converses with Julia
After days of looking for her in the canteen, Winston is seated next to Julia. They arrange a meeting, which they then go throught with. In the later meeting, they agree on a secluded place -
Winston and Julia begin a relationship
Winston and Julia begin their relationship, having sex in a secluded glade -
Julia and Winston rent a room
Julia and Winston rent the room above the junk-shop -
O'Brien makes contact with Winston
O'Brien invites Winston to come visit him and lend him a copy of a new dictionary. Winston takes this conversation as proof that O'Brien is a fellow dissident -
Winston and Julia visit O'Brien
Winston and Julia visit O'Brien and reveal themselves as dissidents. O'Brien reveals that he, too, is a dissident, and arranges for them to receive a forbidden book. He also invites them to the Brotherhood, a secret resistance organisation. -
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Hate Week
Hate Week is arranged, a week dedicated to hating the enemies of the state -
Winston receives the book
Winston receives the book written by Goldstein -
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Changing the past
A massive effort is undertaken by the Ministry of Truth of changing the past so that Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia, and always been allied to Eurasia -
Winston first opens the book
Winston first begins reading the book together with Julia. -
Winston and Julia are captured
Winston and Julia are captured by the Ministry of Love. Winston is put in a cell with rotating companions -
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Winston is tortured
Winston is tortured in the Ministry of Love by O'Brien, revealed to be an agent of the Thought Police. He confesses to various crimes, and is brainwashed to become an ideal citizen -
Winston enters room 101
Winston enter room 101, where he is forced to confront his biggest fear: rats. He betrays Julia, and is later released back into society, a model citizen -
Winston loves Big Brother
Winston frequents the cafe that the old party leaders were to be found at, before they were re-arrested. He spends his days drinking gin and playing chess. As a message about victory in Africa is heard, he finally loves Big Brother