Perseverance In 1984

The beauty of life is how unpredictable it can be. Day by day, we the people, can decide on the smallest detail of our life with almost no limit to what we can choose. But for a moment, imagine that this right is taken away and replaced with a government that controls every aspect of the citizens' lives and minds to do what they are ordered to do. This is the world set in the book 1984 by George Orwell, which we experience through the eyes of the protagonist Winston, a working-class citizen. While the story unfolds, a specific detail can be observed in the actions taken by Winston, a little bit under the side but key for the ignition of the events in the story. This detail is the perseverance of Winston to not change his language, which was

" Nevertheless, even with fear from both, they continued writing knowing the consequences of what could happen without agreeing with the opposite force in the case of Orwell, communist Russia, and Winston Big Brother, proving that their desire to express themselves is even more powerful than the terror that death might bring them. Then, during chapter two of the book, we were presented with an outside situation in Winston's life. Winston shares his perspective on two coworkers in the ministry of truth, O'Brien and Julia. O'Brien gets introduced further at the end of chapter two, but Julia plays a crucial role in Winston's life. Winston, in the beginning, hated Julia because she formed part of the young anti-sex league. The objective of the party with the young anti-sex league is to deny people the natural reproductive desire because this would create a new way for people to free their minds outside the party's hands. So, the party decided to take away all the pleasant things about sex and then changed it to a citizen

As the story progresses, Winston tries to meet with Julia in a more private place, but at a small bar, Winston finds a friend and begins talking about his job of updating the language. Winston trying to keep the cover follows the conversation, and right when his friend mentions that their department is updating the dictionary of words, he begins the deviate in his mind while his friend says, "Even when you write it you're still thinking in Oldspeak. I've read some of those pieces that you write in The Times occasionally. They are good enough, but they're translations." Winston claims at the end of the conversation that his friend will be vaporized that "he is too intelligent, sees too clearly and speaks too plainly." Then the days pass until Julia and Winston finally get the chance to plan a meeting, then, for later acts without Big Brother noticing. Since that first meeting, Winston begins to see life more positively, finding curiosity in the phrase of the merchant that rents him a small apartment. As a rebellious act, Winston forms a relationship with Julia to feel further that they are rebellious against the system passing from the diary to share his ideas with Julia instead of the journal he was using before. However, this positive change of perspective did not last very long in Winston's life. Near the end of chapter two, Winston