Envision yourself living in a society with immoral standards, where everything you do is thoroughly watched or recorded. Visualize yourself living in a place where your mind, actions, and freedom are limited to, rules. Hence, imagine living in a dystopian society. In the book 1984, Winston is stuck under these preposterous rules. Thus, he commits an act of rebellion to demonstrate that he is no longer subjected to what the party forces the population to do. On the other hand, Winston was not someone the party needed to fear. His rebelling actions against the party were minor, therefore not influential or effective enough to overthrow the party. A reason why Winston’s rebellious acts toward the party were ineffective in addition to the small size, was due to the fact that his actions were under surveillance. In the narrative of 1984, one of Winston’s prized possessions was also his most illicit-a diary. Inside of it held a forbidden phrase: “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" (Orwell 19). When Winston was writing in his diary, his thoughts and actions were considered a crime in this society, but overall His writing in the diary was not a big enough crime for him to be a threat because it couldn’t harm or influence anyone to go …show more content…
When Winston had started writing in his diary, he talked about his early wife, Katherine, he had said “As soon as he [Winston] touched her she seemed to wince and stiffen” (Orwell 58). In this society desire was a thought crime. Winston’s actions towards Katherine had made her start to worry because all women were slaves to the party and by not producing a child, but still being with them it was considered a crime. Winston’s actions were not influential. Even if he wanted a romantic relationship with Katherine he wouldn’t be able to progress it because she was so devoted to the party that she wasn’t going to
During the story of 1984 Winston reveals himself as a heroic figure. His willingness to fight against the untouchable party forces him to risk his own life in many ways. Even Winston thinking poorly of the party was a very punishable crime. Even when he is being punished for his crimes he keeps proving himself a hero as he wonders and pushes to discover why the society is being run the way it is. He is also very stubborn to the thoughts of the party.
Winston also had a secret notebook that he would write down his thoughts in which was not allowed by the party. Those who were younger than Winston had no memory of what life was like prior to the Party. The party's role on their people may be seen as irrational authority. Fromm gives an example of irrational authority when he writes, “The interest of a slave and master are antagonistic, because what is advantageous to one is detrimental to the other” ( Fromm 577). This is exactly what is happening between the party and the people.
Rebellion is a way for people to express their dissatisfaction with their government. Throughout George Orwell’s 1984, Winston attempts to start a rebellion against the Party– an action that mirrors that of the American Revolution through the driving factors, political conditions, and steps towards success. Oftentimes, extreme and controlling governments are the ones to experience rebellion. In 1984, Winston lives in the oppressive Oceania. The government, the Party, manages everything from portioning food rations to eliminating independent thoughts.
Heroes can be defined in many different ways. The best definition would be that a hero is a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds, and noble qualities (dictionary.reference.com/browse/hero). In almost every novel or story there is a hero and it typically tends to be the main character. Whether or not the main character is a hero or not can be hard to tell depending on the story or novel. In the book 1984 by George Orwell the main character being a hero is a matter of opinion because it depends on which way the reader interprets it.
Koyie Waples Melton/Schulze British Literature 28 March 2018 Manipulation and Control via the Government in 1984 In a unique dystopia created in the world of 1984, George Orwell establishes a totalitarian government that watches and psychologically manipulates its citizens to be mere pawns. Although there is a Big Brother constantly watching over everyone’s shoulder and influencing them, there are still those who desire nothing more than freedom. This is where the main character comes in, Winston Smith, a man who works for the Ministry of Truth, which is a government run organization that changes and alters history. Winston is tired of the mundane life that he lives, and is already rebeling in his own way by keeping a personal diary that
In this book they talk about some capabilities of Big Brother. “Winston kept his back to the telescreen … it was over though , as he well knew even a back can be revealing.” They surveillance members of the organization 24/7, so Any little move they made was known. Winston’s job was to change the past. “Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past”.
Outwardly, he could not be seen with her at all, or at least romantically. The two would have to strategically plan meeting places, such as a field and an abandoned church, in order to keep their forbidden love a secret. Winston knew in his heart that he loved her, but also knew that romantic relationships were illegal and bound with consequence. The outward concealing of their relationship along with the inward love that they shared gave the novel a romantic appeal that grasped the attention of readers. This also exposed the horrors of a dystopia, being that no one can truly be happy or lead his/her own
Winston is scared to open his diary because he would be punished by death, or at least by twenty-five years in a forced-labor camp” (Orwell 9), the only thing is “nothing was illegal, since there were no longer any laws” (Orwell, 9). Winston is not the only one, everyone fears the government, and the government does not have to do a single thing, and it controls the citizens. This exemplifies how controlling any government can be, power can effortlessly corrupt anyone. The fears what the government runs on, that is how they keep rebellions at ease, no one dares challenge the government, completely out of fear. Another way the government controls its citizens is with deceit, from the outside, Oceania may seem perfect, but from the inside, it is a prison.
At the beginning of the novel, Winston made it prominent that he dissented Big Brother and his party’s idea. He wrote in his diary, in Book 1 Chapter 1, “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER…” (Orwell 18). This shows that Winston dissented his country’s government and was willing to rebel for he knew deep inside that
In the novel 1984 Winston is contemplating starting a diary because he knows that such a thing would get him vaporized. This is an example on how The Party has such an influence on the citizens by making them so scared to normal tasks. Even
Winston eventually meets a woman named Julia who he is both enamored and repulsed by. His feelings of lust come from her striking and unusual beauty, while the feelings of disgust stem from the abolition of sex within Oceania.
In the entry, Winston tries explain as to how the party and Big brother use different forms of media to spread their propaganda, which will lead them to ultimate power. He also makes an attempt to instigate mutual feelings in Winston smith of the future. The overall tone in the diary entry is more or less plane sailing. In most part of the entry it is very dour with some parts giving a feeling of fear to the
Standing out and individuality is frowned upon in both novels, which is one of the many elements that take place in dystopian literature. In 1984, people are watched and hunt down by the thought police. People in the society are not allowed to think their own thoughts, and they must not go against the Party and Big Brother. Winston, however, rebels against Big Brother and the Party and he wants to go “down with Big Brother!” The Party and Big Brother also frowns upon sexual relationships and love.
When Julia hands him the note saying “I love you”, he states, “the desire to live had welled up inside him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid” (2.1.109). Winston is no longer interested in his previously small acts of rebellion. He wants to deepen his actions and carry out a force much greater than simply writing in a journal. Winston enjoys the fact that he’s becoming a rebel, and takes great pride in the fact that he is
In Nineteen Eighty-Four Orwell presents the sexual and analytical desires of a dystopian fiction as a means of force in order to achieve political and spiritual renewal. Erika Gottlieb suggests that Winston’s desire to keep a diary is a result of his obsession in order to establish and maintain the truth as ‘Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.’ It is an attempt to defend private memory against the party’s efforts to control and rewrite history. In order for the party to retain absolute power for Big Brother, they primarily concern themselves with dominating citizens through the control of their experience of memory, history and relationships in order to eliminate freedom, individualism and autonomy. Language and