Ninety Eighty-four
To name your story, you have to think about the overall message and what you want your audience to understand from the story. Also, make it relevant and easy to remember.
Theme: In 1984, George Orwell presents a dystopian society where the absence of freedom, individuality, and truth leads to the dehumanization.
Characters
Julia
O'Brien
Winston
Rebellion/ Freedom
Naive
Curiosity
Plot
The middle of the story is where you add layers of complications that will lead to the end. Reveal more about the character's journey. Did their personality go through changes? How did they overcome the challenges? And as you build up the story’s central conflict, make it more personal to that character. Also, from the middle act, you have to lead into the final act.
Part 1:
the set-up of the Oceania society
Each story has a main character and that character usually needs to solve a problem or challenge. The character's challenge is the one that creates tension throughout the story.
Part 3:
Torture and brainwash
During his torture, the Party forces Winston to accept its ideology and destroys his humanity. Winston ultimately brainwashes himself: "He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother." (Orwell 236). Compared to his former self, Winston abandons his hatred and rebellion against the Party. He no longer pursues the truth, as he becomes completely trusting of the Party's fabrications and revised history. His desire for love and freedom ends when he betrays his lover, Julia. The new Winston is absolute loyalty, blind trust, and fanatical to the Party and its leader, Big Brother. This reveals the dystopian society destroys the citizens' humanity and individuality, which against the human nature.
Part 2
Love story of Winston and Julia
There wouldn't be any tension and excitement in your story if there weren't any obstacles in your character's way.
Literacy Device
In the beginning of the story (or the exposition), you will need to introduce the setting and characters. You might also want to introduce the main conflict. This part of the story is important because it gives the reader necessary background information and maybe even a first insight into a character’s personality.
Foreshadowing
The author uses several foreshadowing to hint the audience's tragic fate of Winston and Julia.
Irony
The author introduces the four ministries of government, "The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts; the Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war; the Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order; and the Ministry of Plenty, which was responsible for economic affairs."(Orwell 7). The four ministries that do the opposite actions of their names are ironic. The Ministry of truth rewrites historical records. The Ministry of Love arrests and tortures their citizens. The Ministry of Plenty leads to poverty. This reveals a feature of dystopian: the Party creates a false peace and prosperity, but it is actually internal contradictions and suffering.
The setting (time & place) of a story can change throughout the plot.
