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1 1984 Character

Winston Smith is the protagonist of George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. His name has become a metaphor for the man in the street, the unwitting and innocent victim of political machination. In the book, Winston is a clerk for the Ministry of Truth, where his job is to rewrite historical documents so that they match the current party line, which changes on a daily basis.

In the novel, Winston is lured into joining a secret organisation whose aim is to undermine the dictatorship of " Big Brother". He does not realise that he is being set up by O'Brien, a government agent. When captured and tortured, he eventually betrays his friends in the underground movement, including Julia, the woman he loves.

The character was born in 1945 (the same year as Orwell's adopted son, Richard) and was probably named after Winston Churchill. Given Oceania's rewriting of history, it seems quite possible that Smith would never have heard of Churchill.

The character of Smith has appeared on television and in film in various adaptations of the novel. In the BBC's Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1954) he was played by Peter Cushing, and eleven years later in another BBC adaptation, by David Buck . In the cinema, in 1956 Edmond O'Brien took the role, and in the more faithful adaptation 1984 ( 1984) John HurtMississippi John Hurt is a early American folk and blues singer, 1893-1966 John Hurt (born January 22, 1940) CBE, is a British actor. Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Hurt studied art at the St. Martin's School for Art, but turned to the stage in 1962. played Winston. In a dramatisation broadcast on BBC Home ServiceHome Service The BBC Home Service was the original name for Radio 4 and was on the air from 1939 until September 30 1967. Unlike Radio 4, it had regional variations and was broadcast on medium wave rather than long wave, with an FM (then known as VHF) ser radio in 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N, Patrick TroughtonPatrick George Troughton ( March 25, 1920 March 28, 1987) was a versatile and prolific British actor. He is probably best known as the second actor to play the lead role of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who which voiced the part.

2 Artist

Winston Smith is an artistAn artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. The term may be used in connection with any branch of the arts—for example music, literature, and theatre—but more commonly refers to an individual who practises the visual arts or and anarchist who primarily uses the medium of collageCollage is the assemblage of different forms creating a new whole. For example, an artistic collage work may include newspaper clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, photographs, etc. glued to a solid support or canvas. Decoupage is a ty. He is probably best known for the artwork he has produced for AmericanThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in punk rock group the Dead Kennedys

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