Chapter IV
Summary
Winston is in his office doing his job in the Ministry of Truth, which is “rectifying” party errors. The correction of mistakes largely involves destroying any evidence of errors and reprinting of the rectified media. Through Winston’s thoughts it is revealed that most of what the Party says is false to begin with (chocolate rations), and the hostility and tension in the work environment (Tillotson). It goes into greater detail the extent of which the party covers its mistakes. Winston is given the job of denouncing a traitor, and hence Comrade Ogilvy is fabricated.

Relevant techniques/examples/effects
Cumulative listing(?) - pg.48 Winston ponders over possible reasons for Wither’s disgrace, starting each sentence off with perhaps for each possible reason. This is to group all the weaker reasons Winston thought of, isolating the one which he believes to be most correct.
Descriptive words – pg. 44 & 47 Winston talks about the job processes in the Ministry of Truth in a very plain manner, however when he describes physical aspects of his work environment and colleagues the descriptions have an air of tension and continuity e.g. “He raised his head for a moment: again the hostile spectacle flash.” “long, windowless hall” “endless rustle of papers” This displays the constant tension felt by Winston and the bore that is his work. These are signs of his intentions to rebel.

Possible concerns demonstrated
Demonstrates the power of totalitarian authority, in this case, to the extent of erasing a person from existence both physically and historically (Withers).
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Contextual links
“Ninth Three- Year Plan”- Stalin’s five year plan.
Propaganda- WW2, Russia etc etc
Government coverups- Stalins 5 year plans goals were announced to have had been achieved
The use of the word comrade- The Bolsheviks used comrade when referring to people supporting their cause. Comrade became widely used by all political spectrums in Russia.