Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell
Characters in Nineteen Eighty-Four
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Winston Smith
A Ministry of Truth clerk who falsifies the historical record and privately rebels through a diary, a love affair and a belief in objective truth.
Antagonists
Big Brother
The Party's omnipresent figurehead, whose face and slogans dominate every public space and who may not exist at all.
Supporting characters
Emmanuel Goldstein
The Party's designated Enemy of the People, denounced daily and credited with the underground's founding text.
Julia (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
A bold young Ministry of Truth worker whose forbidden affair with Winston becomes their shared act of rebellion.