Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously. I think that this is as accurate of an account as anyone could possibly give, given the circumstances.
As you may have heard from intergalactic sources, our small fragment on Earth, Oceania, has been hit severly by the choices made by our totalitarian government. It is crucial that help is to be sought immediatly; not only for our citizens but quite possibly yours as