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1984 Friendship Essay

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Love and friendship are the glue necessary in most peoples’ lives to keep people put together, but this is not the case in dystopian Oceania. In George Orwell’s 1984, Winston Smith, Julia, and The Party are the focal point of the book. This story is about a totalitarian government system in England where the people are ruled by The Party, and their leader is a man called Big Brother. The Party oppresses and tries to uneducate its citizens subconsciously. The people are not allowed to say what they want, think what they want, or have a relationship (especially a romantic one) with who they want. Winston and Julia secretly have an affair which is completely dangerous and risky. They end up getting caught and tortured for their crimes by the Thought …show more content…

Winston’s mother loved him with all her heart. Winston was a greedy and rude child, but that never made his mother hate him. Winston has a dream in the first chapter of the book with his mother drowning to save him in the faded memory. He realizes his mother “had died loving him… she had sacrificed herself to a conception of loyalty… such things… could not happen today” ( 28). For a parent to sacrifice their own life for the sake of their own child they feel must feel a love so incredibly strong. Parents don’t love their children like they used to anymore. After the party took over the love between parents and children changed. In fact, Winston visits his neighbors house and feels bad for the mother of the household because she has children to take care of. Winston admits that it “was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children” ( 24). Parents should not be fearful of their own children. Children should be innocent, nice and loving. The Party knows the bond that families have, so to destroy that bond they started making kids worship the Party and Big Brother at a young age. Because the children are brainwashed, they don’t hesitate to turn their parents into the thought police. The loyalty that once existed between families has been plagued by allegiance to the Party. If it weren’t for the Party taking over, then parents would feel for their children like Winston’s mother did for

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