Winston's Rebellion In 1984 By George Orwell

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Winston’s motivation for his rebellion strengthens throughout the story until he is caught and it is tested. At the start of book one, Winston realizes that he wants to rebel, but is too scared of the government to start physically rebelling yet. In book one Orwell writes “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER over and over again, filling half a page” (16) and then “He could not help feeling a twinge of panic… for a moment he was tempted to tear out the spoiled pages and abandon the enterprise altogether.” which shows that he wants to rebel, but is too scared to commit to actually rebelling (16). At this point in the story he is debating whether or not to rebel and is not taking big risks. At this point, in book one, Winston is just starting to realize that