The Role Of Big Brother In George Orwell's 1984

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In the world of 1984, the country of Oceania is run by a figure known as Big Brother, a dictator type leadership. A man that goes my Winston sees through all of the lies and tries to fight back against this Big Brother and the party. In Orwell’s novel 1984 a so called hero, ‘Winston’ is supposed to be the one person that fights back against the party and Big Brother and even defeat them. George Orwell tried to make us believe that Winston was the saviour, but like every good story there 's always a tragedy. I believe Winston does infact fit this role of hero 's being failures, that the important thing is to have uttered the cry of rebellion that confirms one’s humanity. I say this because of how he ended up loving Big brother, his trigger …show more content…

He broke at the end and ends up loving Big Brother but even though this was due to because of O 'Brien 's torture and mind control, he still failed to fight back against Big Brother and the party and eventually betrayed what he believed.“Which do you wish : to persuade me that you see five, or you really see them? Really to see them”(Orwell 251). This showed that Winston did infact double think, showing how he gave him to O’brians torture and he was slowly breaking down to what he truly believes in. He always knew that this would be the outcome because of all of the diary entries he did, conversations with Julia and his observations of Jones, Aaronson and Rutherford. “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don 't care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones, Not me! Julia! Not me! “ (Orwell 286). …show more content…

His first action was when he revolted with Julia, his initial act of sleeping with her was done not out of sexual desire, but the desire to rebel and weaken the government. According to his and Julia 's opinion, doing something for yourself and only yourself was an act of rebellion. Another act of Winston rebelling was the moment Winston’s hatred was not turned against Goldstein at all, but against Big Brother, the Party, and the Thought Police. “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” (Orwell 18). Winston wrote this in his diary several times. This showed his rebellion in the fact that doing this was thought crime, something you would be go to the ministry of love for. Buying a diary and the pen was a sign of rebellion because Winston snuck into the proles to get it. “They always know” (Orwell 18). This showed how Winston knew that he will get caught but continued to do all of these things, breaking the laws, proving that he does infact fit the role of a

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