1984

           Itresembledthefaceofasheep, andthevoice,too,hadasheep-likequality. GoldsteinwasdeliveringhisusualvenomousattackuponthedoctrinesoftheParty —anattacksoexaggeratedandperversethatachildshouldhavebeenabletoseethroughit, andyetjustplausibleenoughtofillonewithanalarmedfeeling thatotherpeople,lesslevel-headedthanoneself,mightbetakeninbyit. HewasabusingBigBrother, hewasdenouncingthedictatorshipoftheParty, hewasdemandingtheimmediateconclusionofpeacewithEurasia, hewasadvocatingfreedomofspeech,freedomofthePress, freedomofassembly,freedomofthought,hewascryinghystericallythattherevolutionhadbeenbetrayed —andallthisinrapidpolysyllabicspeechwhichwasasortofparodyofthehabitualstyleoftheoratorsoftheParty, andevencontainedNewspeakwords: moreNewspeakwords,indeed,thananyPartymemberwouldnormallyuseinreallife. Andallthewhile,lestoneshouldbeinanydoubtastotherealitywhichGoldstein’sspeciousclaptrapcovered, behindhisheadonthetelescreentheremarchedtheendlesscolumnsoftheEurasianarmy —rowafterrowofsolid-lookingmenwithexpressionlessAsiaticfaces,whoswamuptothesurfaceofthescreenandvanished, tobereplacedbyothersexactlysimilar. Thedullrhythmictrampofthesoldiers’bootsformedthebackgroundtoGoldstein’sbleatingvoice. 

           BeforetheHatehadproceededforthirtyseconds, uncontrollableexclamationsofragewerebreakingoutfromhalfthepeopleintheroom. Theselfsatisfiedsheep-likefaceonthescreen,andtheterrifyingpoweroftheEurasianarmybehindit,weretoomuchtobeborne: besides,thesightoreventhethoughtofGoldsteinproducedfearandangerautomatically.