In 1984, who is Goldstein?

According
to the Party, Emmanuel Goldstein was a former member who left to form what is referred to in
hushed tones as the "Brotherhood," a sort of dissident organization. Goldstein, as a
former insider, supposedly wrote a book called The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical
Collectivism, which explained how the Party exerts its control over the people, and
suggested a means by which it might be overthrown.reads the book after finding it in a shop
among the proles. Much like Big Brother, it seems that Goldstein is a fabrication of the Party
itself. His face is held up as a figure for derision during the daily Two Minutes of Hate, and
much of the "theory" described in his supposedly subversive book is exposed as a lie
by , who tells Winston that the Party is without ideology except that of power for its own sake.
Goldstein is portrayed to the Party members as a constant threat, always plotting against the
Party, and it is likely that this supposed threat is a means to create the constant sense of
crisis that sustains the Party. In any case, the hope that Winston feels after reading
Goldstein's supposed book is quickly crushed.