The first character brought to the novel is Winston Smith a 39 year old male employee at the Ministry of truth. ... The book appears to be a satire at the start, similar to books such as "Gulliver's Travels", or Huxley's "Brave New World", but all too quickly the reader will "discover, quite unpleasantly, that it is not a satire at all." ...

• Word Count: 1647
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School