Consistently throughout the book, Winston is always reminding himself that the world can change, and it will not always be this depressing way forever. He always imagines a world where he can freely do what he wants openly with Julia, like hold hands in public. He is always trying to rebel against the government in his own way, by not loyally following the party. This longing for a better society allows room for hatred against the party to generate. Winston, after getting his journal, writes “Down with big brother” multiple times, until it fills half of the page (Orwell 18).
By writing this hopeful line, Orwell allows the audience to feel optimistic about Julia and Winston’s outcome and the results of their actions. This quote also manages to make the true ending more disappointing than it already is because the audience wants their free will to overpower their fate. Early in the novel, Winston is chatting with an acquaintance of his, Syme, Winston realizes that “one of these days…Syme will be vaporized. He is too intelligent. He speaks too clearly and speaks too plainly.
Winston succumbs to the power of The Party and betrays Julia in order to save himself; “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her.
Not me!’”. This quotation establishes that though the torture he was put through by The Party was partially at fault for this exposure of information, Winston still was the one with the power of this knowledge and made the choice to hand over the punishment to Julia and free himself. This is a selfish act and even though it was provoked does not change the fact that what was done was used for his advantage and is morally
" 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.
(Orwell 233). Then a little bit later Winston asked “Who denounced you?” then Parsons said “It was my little daughter” (Orwell 233). This shows how The Party is taking advantage over people so they can have power to do what they want. When Julia and Winston were captured by O’Brien,who was a spy for the Party, he put them in separate rooms, questioned and tortured Winston so he would give up Julia and confess.
O’Brien replied with telling Winston that he must love Big Brother, and the process isn’t over until he does. Then, Winston finally did the one thing he swore not to, the one degradation that hadn’t been forced onto him, betraying Julia. O’Brien used Winston’s fear of rats against him. A metal face-cage in which rats would feed on
Yet, at this moment we see just that, as Winston repeatedly tells O’Brien to “[d]o it to Julia! , do it to Julia” (Orwell 300). Despite Winston’s love for Julia and his extreme mental strength to rebel against the thoughts that the party
Julia betrays Winston, however, Winston does not betray Julia. In the end, he cannot hold up against the brainwashing and comes to love Big Brother, the leader of the party. After he is released, he and Julia no longer have feelings for each other. He goes on to live an easy and mindless life. The only thing he has left is a few memories of a time before the Party.
A quotation that illustrates the theme in the film is; “ i have betrayed you” “i have betrayed you”(Michael Anderson, 1956). In this passage, Julia and Winston are talking after returning from the Ministry of Love after being essentially brainwashed. In the Ministry of Love they were tortured and isolated from each other creating no communication between them whatsoever. The Party took advantages of both of their fears so that they could turn on each other and with the lack of communication between them at the time, they did.
And, yes! It was almost as in his dream” (Orwell 124) which marks this as the ultimate act of rebellion, as seen from Winston’s perspective. His view of sexuality and of Julia prove his desire to fulfill his goal of openly rebelling against the Party without directly going against them. Winston’s seemingly harmful disobedience toward the Party from the beginning of the novel progressed into the ultimate act of defiance, something Winston now treasures and makes him feel invincible. With how “The love between Winston and Julia is, in the end, shattered; by an ultimate pitch of torture, they are reduced to betraying each other beyond any hope of retrieval” through their open rejection of one another in front of O’Brien
10 BIZARRE TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD From funny to glory, rituals from around the world could leave one shell-shocked. With innumerable races and ethnicities populating the face of the Earth, the rituals are in plenty and a list of the weird, wacky, unbelievable ones are compiled here. Take a look. 1.
I vaguely remember one of my friends in elementary school coming into class with bright neon, animal printed pants. I recall thinking to myself that she was daring for wearing such flashy pants. I overheard some of my classmates giggling and gossiping about her jeans and I was relieved that I never acted out of the norm. Even so, I was brought up in an extremely modest household. We are told to be humble and to never to speak out unless it is absolutely necessary.
In 1984, George Orwell writes about a dystopian society called Oceania with a totalitarian government. Winston, the main character, is an Outer Party member and works for the government who is under the rule of “Big Brother” and the Inner Party. The Party’s purpose is to rule Oceania with absolutism and have control over its citizens by using propaganda, censorship, and the brainwashing of children. Today, many modern-day countries use these techniques to maintain their power including: North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Nazi Germany. First, North Korea and Oceania use propaganda to encourage patriotism to make themselves look better to citizens in order to keep a totalitarian rule.
Our history or our past is what defines our existence in the present. It decides what measures we should take to safeguard our future. Through history we identify with who we are, where we come from and what defines us as a person. Take our history away from us and we are left alienated and confined to a world that is meaningless. George Orwell 's novel 1984 is a 20th century political novel, that depicts a dystopian society built on a totalitarian ideology.
