1984

           ‘Youreadit,’shesaidwithhereyesshut. ‘Readitaloud. That’sthebestway. Thenyoucanexplainittomeasyougo.’ 

           Theclock’shandssaidsix,meaningeighteen. Theyhadthreeorfourhoursaheadofthem. Heproppedthebookagainsthiskneesandbeganreading: 

           ChapterI 

           IgnoranceisStrength 

           Throughoutrecordedtime,andprobablysincetheendoftheNeolithicAge,therehavebeenthreekindsofpeopleintheworld,theHigh,theMiddle,andtheLow. Theyhavebeensubdividedinmanyways,theyhavebornecountlessdifferentnames,andtheirrelativenumbers,aswellastheirattitudetowardsoneanother,havevariedfromagetoage: buttheessentialstructureofsocietyhasneveraltered. Evenafterenormousupheavalsandseeminglyirrevocablechanges,thesamepatternhasalwaysreasserteditself,justasagyroscopewillalwaysreturntoequilibrium,howeverfaritispushedonewayortheother 

           ‘Julia,areyouawake?’saidWinston. 

           ‘Yes,mylove,I’mlistening. Goon. It’smarvellous.’ 

           Hecontinuedreading: 

           Theaimsofthesethreegroupsareentirelyirreconcilable. TheaimoftheHighistoremainwheretheyare. TheaimoftheMiddleistochangeplaceswiththeHigh.