ABOUT THE BOOK: One of the most popular novels, the author encapsulated the thesis at the heart of his novel. The implications of dividing the world up into Zones of influences. The main characters of the novels are: Winston Smith; Julia; Big Brother; O’Brien; Emanuel Goldstein. Winston Smith works for the ministry of truth in London, chief city of Airstrip one. Big Brother stares out from every poster. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening and awakens to new possibilities. In this novel, the author’s terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime. The novel also coined many new words and phrases which regular appear in popular culture.