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Transcript: In the first part of the book yes, he is a curious and timid man. as he is going throughout the book though is where the admiration stops. SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 20 May 2015. Julia In more ways than one, Winston's opposite. "Comrade Ogilvy, who had not existed in the present, now exists in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar" (Orwell, Pg 50) When the two were set back into the world, they both broke,but the book closes with Winston crying for his love of big brother, even though it's what he was rebelling against. “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.” ― George Orwell, 1984 Is he a character readers can admire? In the ultimate rebellion, he falls in love, or at least lust, in the woods. This heated love affair goes on for some time, before the thought police catch them. Theme References George Orwell wanted to portray what it would be like, from his point of view, to be in a totalitarian government. The reason for the wake up call being needed was because of the spread of communism. the governments had Iron curtains around them, which meant nothing could get in or out. Orwell had spent am time in these areas as a corespondent for BBC. in his time There,he had come to realize how much these regimes had turned on their citizens. Orwell wrote 1984 to be the wake up call for the spread of communism. He portrayed the perfect totalitarian society using mind games, selective vocabulary, and blatant government monitoring "She did not understand there was no such thing as happiness, that the only victory lay in the far future, long after you were dead, that from the moment of declaring war on the party it was better to think of yourself as a corpse. 'We are the dead' he said." (Orwell, Pg 137) She too is involved with rebellion on a small scale, however; she has no intention of stopping her many romantic affairs with him, nor the many party members she has been with. Historical Aspect He is a very regular man, nothing insanely different about him. Winston's Actions Throughout the novel, He seeks a way to cure his rebellious nature. From the very beginning we see him writing in a journal, which is his escape. His writing in the book is far from the writing of his job, total lies and propaganda. "Google Images." Google Images. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 May 2015. Winston Smith He is an intellectual man that rewrites the news for the party. George Orwell once offered this definition of heroism: ordinary people doing whatever they can to change social systems that do not respect human decency, even with the knowledge that they can’t possibly succeed. 1984 George Orwell The lack of individuality produced the perfect fear. Upon torturing in room 101, Winston turns on Julia, his love affair, and breaks down in the ultimate weakness. NO he is not a hero. A hero puts himself out there for the good of everyone else and to right the wrong. Winston did all of those things, not so he could help everyone else out of the party, but just so he could have the thrill of being a rebel. when he really could have made a difference he squealed like a pig and shouted "Do it to Julia!" Is Winston a hero? To control the people, The Party flooded their minds with propaganda, watched and listened to the population, via a bug in their televisions, the reader sees that all he is is a bored man. it is evident by when he is at work how he serves the party tirelessly,but then later on after it he is masquerading as a rebel. A real rebel working to get something done would not have given up so easily. "1984 Quotes." By George Orwell. Goodreads INC., n.d. Web. 19 May 2015. " 'Who controls the past' ran the party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present, controls the past' " (Orwell, Pg 37) he starts going behind the party though, writing in a journal -which if he was caught would get him killed- in the farthest corner of his house.
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