Part 1: Chapter 4

1. Winston works in the Records Department at the Ministry of Truth, which specializes in education and entertainment. Specifically, Winston's job was to recreate and omit parts of any document that contradicts the Party. For example, he had to rewrite an article in which Big Brother mentioned war between Oceania and Eastasia, when at that present time he was talking about war with Eurasia and saying that Oceania was never at war with Eastasia. Winston had to take this part of the article and rewrite it in the Party and Big Brother's favor.

2. In this statement he was mentioning how the Party erases the past and rewrites it as they want it to be. Basically, they don't even just remake it once, but anytime that the past seems to contradict the Party they redo it, piling lie after lie on top of each other.

3. Vaporization is worse than death. It is not only execution, but once you are dead, they completely erase you from everything. An 'unperson' is the person who has been vaporized, as they no longer exist, and according to any records, they never existed.

4. The Records Department has a number of sub-sections, it was a very large department. They had print shops and typographers for faking photographs. They made tele-programmes, recalled books and periodicals, correct documents and burned the originals, and coordinated the effort to do all these said jobs.

5. The proles make up 85% of the citizens, and they are the lowest class. They are not as educated as the Outer and Inner Party, and they don't associate with them. To be in the prole parts of town is considered unorthdox. However, Winston believes the proles to be the only hope to regain a good government with good ethics and such.

6.  A speakwrite is an instrument that Party members use for making notes or record information through speaking into a device in place of using a pen or pencil, because it is much faster this way. The Ministry of Truth uses these often.

7. Comrade Ogilivy is an imaginary person that Winston makes up to take the place of Comrade Withers, who was vapourized, but part of a document. Ogilvy is made to be the perfect Party member, he doesn't drink or smoke, is celibate, and a firm believer in the Party's virtues. Ogilvy was a war hero and represented what every citizen should be (according to the Party). Ogilvy represents the fact that one person may be taken completely out of history, but another can be imagined and put in his spot in an instant.

8. "The reporting...is extremely unsatisfactory and makes references to non-existent persons." Caught my eye because it simply sounds strange and messed up, to have a non-existent person.
"Perhaps Big Brother was merely trying to get rid of a too-popular subordinate," was strange because of the way it portrays Big Brothers odd ideas.