Title: In what city, province, and super-state does Winston Smith live in 1984?  - eNotes.com
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In what city, province, and super-state does Winston Smith live in 1984?
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Winston Smith resides in London, which is the chief city of the province Airstrip One in the nation of Oceania. Oceania is one of the three fictional superstates in Orwell 's novel along with Eurasia and Eastasia. The nation of Oceania is roughly composed of the Americas, British Isles, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, and Southern Africa below the River Congo. Oceania is a dystopian nation governed by a totalitarian regime that controls every aspect of society. Winston Smith, the protagonist, is an Outer Party member, who works at the Ministry of Truth altering various pieces of written information that will be used as government propaganda. Airstrip One, which was at one time London, is depicted as a vast, ruinous city in decay. Over the course of the novel, Winston becomes a dissident and unsuccessfully attempts to challenge the government but is arrested, tortured, and psychologically tormented until he becomes a genuine supporter of Big Brother. Approved by eNotes Editorial Team
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In the opening paragraph of Chapter One of 1984, the reader learns that Winston lives in an apartment block called Victory Mansions. This block is in the city of London, the "chief city" of the province called Airstrip One, which is the third most populous in Oceania.