Blog 12A

Book: 1984
Author: George Orwell
Pages read this week: 20
Pages read this semester: 1516
Weekly Style: Fan fiction
Summary
Winston Smith lives in London, a city of Airstrip One, which is part of Oceania. This is April 1984. The world is divided into three nations/land masses- Oceania, Eurasia and East Asia. Airstrip One is under strict control of party and Winston works in Ministry of Truth. Still, like everyone else, his life is under strict scrutiny by the party. At the beginning of the novel, Winston comes back home for lunch and thinks about his surroundings. His chain of thoughts is broken by a knock on the door.

Fan Fiction
Winston Smith is a 32 year old social preacher in a church who used to work in a reputed computer company in Silicon Valley of California. He has a very good professional life: good salary, good reputation and good amount of benefits. However, he does not have a family. He had one, but no longer enjoys the warmth of a family. His parents got divorced when he was young. They wanted to live heir separate private lives, without any interference from one another. Neither of them wanted Winston. So, he was kept under supervision of court, and was later raised by a nice family who had adopted him. Forgetting his troubled childhood, he worked hard to become an engineer. Unfortunately, he lost that family in terrorist attacks of 9/11. However, they left a huge amount of property and estate. He was left heavily grief-stricken with no one to share and divide it. He tried to find a soul mate, but all he discovered in people was their likelihood for his money. He was hurt to find that materialism and hedonistic attitude has penetrated deeply into lives and minds of people. Deeply disappointed, he decided to devote his life to spread his message to the world. He joined a charity and began preaching about and raising awareness about social and religious issues.