Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

Responsive image


O'Brien (Nineteen Eighty-Four)

O'Brien
First appearanceNineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
Created byGeorge Orwell
In-universe information
GenderMale
OccupationKey Inner Party member in Ingsoc

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 1949 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. The name indicates that O'Brien is of Irish origin, but this background is never shown to have any significance.


Previous Page Next Page