O'Brien (Nineteen Eighty-Four) O'Brien (Nineteen Eighty-Four) O'Brien (known as O'Connor in the 1956 film adaptation of the novel) is a fictional character and the main antagonist in George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four". The protagonist Winston Smith, living in a dystopian society governed by the Party, feels strangely drawn to Inner Party member O'Brien. Orwell never reveals O'Brien's first name. O'Brien is a member of the Inner Party and, like Winston Smith, works in the Ministry of Truth. There, he holds an administrative position that is so distant that Winston has only a vague idea of its nature. Winston suspects that O'Brien secretly opposes
Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four a lasting hold. The inhabitants of the area, having no allegiance to any nation, live in constant slavery under whichever power controls them. Eastasia and Eurasia fight over "a large but fluctuating portion of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Tibet". At one point during the novel, Julia procures tea to share with Winston and remarks that she thinks Oceania recently captured India (or perhaps parts of India), but such "control" is usually transient. The world of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" exists in a state of perpetual war among the three major powers. Two of the three states are aligned against the third: Oceania and