第一章作者通过各方面的描写展现了Winston的基本性格特点和其所处的时代背景和政治环境。
"BIGBROTHRT IS WATHCHING YOU”
1.It was the patrol, snooping into people’s windows.
2.You had to live-did live, from habit that became instinct-in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, ever movement scrutinized.人们一直处于被监视的高压状态，在政治高压下人民是被剥夺基本的权利的，同时活得小心翼翼。
Winston turned round abruptly,He had set his features into the expression of quiet optimism which it was advisable to wear when facing the telescreen.
其实从对Winston的描写中可看出Winston的性格中带有反叛色彩，但他却又不得不尊重这一套体制的生活法则。很期待之后他的心里变化过程，是屈服于高压和恐惧还是进行反抗？
The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in.
在群体中，个人的情绪和感觉是很容易被感染的。即使自己内心有一套价值判断标准，但一旦处于社会的环境，就很难不被影响。特别是那种激烈亢奋的氛围有着极强的感染力，人一不注意就被牵着走。一旦这种效应被利用是非常可怕的。就好比Winston在Two Minutes Hate 上的表现。