O'Brien

Question 1

antagonist

Answer 1

a corrupt bureaucrat, member of the Inner party, and symbol of dehumanizing despotism

Question 2

appearance

Answer 2

his charismatic appearance and manners fool Winston into believing that he too is working against the party, leading Winston to incriminate himself

Question 3

power

Answer 3

“we know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a mean; it is an end”

Question 4

Winston’s drawn

Answer 4

to O’Briens intelligence and under torture comes paradoxically to worship him as his saviour

sees O’Brien as his intellectual superior- forces Winston to see that 2+2=5