Examples Of Defiance In 1984

Hope and defiance are played within 1984 by the Party and Orwell. Orwell instills fear, hate, obedience, and respect in his characters to follow the Party, but he tampers with the concept of hope, but only in small amounts. Orwell puts little emphasis into hope and defiance compared to the emotions stated before. Hope is expressed little by little as the story continues, having the main two who prove to have hope or defiance towards the Party is Winston and Julia. The first instance in Winston is expressed while he is writing about the Proles. He suggests, “If there was hope, it must lie in the Proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty-five percent of the population Oceania could the force to destroy the Party

He has hope in them, but in the end this hope is never proven, nor any other way the Party was defeated. Julia is the character who exhibits the most defiance against the Party. She goes against the Party by breaking the rule about sex outside of marriage, even just the act on it’s own. Winston ponders on the idea, going on in his thoughts on the idea, “He wondered vaguely how many others like her might be in the younger generation--not rebelling against its authority but simply evading it, as a rabbit dodges a dog” (131). This act of rebellion is subtle and proves that there are those who will go against the Party, perhaps not outright fighting, but in silence. The last time hope is played with is during the last few chapters of the book during Winston’s time with O’Brien. Winston goes on about how the Party will be defeated and declares an important aspect of his mind, “Then what is it, this principle that will defeat us?’ ‘I don’t know. The Spirit of Man.’ ‘And do you consider yourself a man?’’ ‘Yes.’ “(270). Winston declares himself to have the spirit of man. This is the last shard of hope in him until he finally breaks after sending his punishment to