Winston Smith

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fictional character literary character protagonist

Winston Smith is the disillusioned, quietly rebellious everyman protagonist of George Orwell’s dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," whose struggle against a totalitarian regime explores themes of surveillance, truth, and individual freedom.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Winston Smith canonical 7
Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
activity rewriting historical records ⓘ
affiliation Outer Party ⓘ
age 39 ⓘ
appearsIn 1984 ⓘ
surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four
associatedWithTheme individual freedom ⓘ
memory ⓘ
psychological manipulation ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
totalitarianism ⓘ
truth ⓘ
betrayedBy O'Brien ⓘ
surface form: O’Brien
characterArc from quiet dissent to forced submission ⓘ
characterIn dystopian novel ⓘ
citizenship Oceania ⓘ
creator George Orwell ⓘ
employer Ministry of Truth ⓘ
fears rats ⓘ
fictionalUniverse 1984 ⓘ
surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four
firstAppearance 1984 ⓘ
surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four
gender male ⓘ
imprisonedAt Ministry of Love ⓘ
language English ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person limited ⓘ
narrativeRole viewpoint character ⓘ
notableFor love affair with Julia ⓘ
questioning Party propaganda ⓘ
quiet rebellion against totalitarian regime ⓘ
search for objective truth ⓘ
struggle for individual freedom ⓘ
occupation clerk ⓘ
records editor ⓘ
opposes Big Brother ⓘ
the Party ⓘ
physicalTrait varicose ulcer on his leg ⓘ
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1949 ⓘ
relationship lover of Julia ⓘ
residence Airstrip One ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
setting totalitarian state of Oceania ⓘ
symbolizes the struggle to preserve personal integrity ⓘ
the vulnerable individual under totalitarian rule ⓘ
torturedAt Ministry of Love ⓘ
tortureMethod Room 101 ⓘ
worksAt Ministry of Truth ⓘ
surface form: Records Department of the Ministry of Truth

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four → mainCharacter → Winston Smith ⓘ
subject surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four
John Hurt → characterPortrayed → Winston Smith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four
Thought Police → associatedWithCharacter → Winston Smith ⓘ
Airstrip One → notableResident → Winston Smith ⓘ
Ministry of Truth → employsFictionalCharacter → Winston Smith ⓘ
Two Minutes Hate → affectsCharacter → Winston Smith ⓘ
1984 → mainCharacter → Winston Smith ⓘ
Room 101 → usedOnCharacter → Winston Smith ⓘ