Hi, I’m Andy and I’m about to tell you a story that no one knew. This story is about a guy’s life and the society during his time. The story starts with narration about one man’s going his room in Victorious Mansion. This guy’s name is Winston and he’s about 39 years old and having a varicose ulcer above his right ankle. Inside the mansion, there was huge color poster that displays a guy who looks like 45 years old and below the portrait, it says “Big Brother Is Watching You.” Winston entered his room and there was an instrument called the telescreen that couldn’t be shut or mute. Winston stood in front of the window and looked at the poster that says INGSOC. Also, there was a helicopter that flies between buildings and monitors people’s behaviors. However, that was not a big problem for Winston, the real problem was Thought Police. The telescreen behind him was still talking about the Ninth Three-Year Plan. This instrument could receive and transmit at same time, and also catch every small sound that Winston makes. Not only him but everyone was getting monitored by this telescreen. This was where he lived, Aristrip One’s capital city, London and it was the third most populous city in Oceania. He started to question him about how this place was when it was 19th century and tried to remember his youth but he couldn’t. Then he looked at the Ministry of Truth, the Minitrue in Newspeak. This gigantic building had a shape of pyramid and there were three slogans of the party that was written on its white concrete wall. “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” The Minitrue was known for its huge capacity that has 3000 rooms on the ground and 3000 rooms under the ground. Where Winston lived was homes of four government ... ... middle of paper ... ...en asked him the last question that how he thinks about Big Brother. Winston said “I hate him.” and he was put in the room 101. Winston was put in the wired box and O’Brien gave him a choice whether he wanted to save Julia or himself. Winston shouted Julia’s name and saved himself. Winston was in Chestnut Tree Café when nobody was there. He remembered when he met Julia. They tried to ignore each other but met up and shared the words that they betrayed each other. He tried to see her off but she was gone in the crowd. He suddenly listened to the song that was about treachery that three leaders of the first rebels heard before they died. The telescreen was telling about the winning in Africa and his hope of losing was faded away. He then surrendered entirely, his sprit and his body were all surrendered and the bullet went through his head. Winston and his battle ended.
Julia instructs Winston how to return to London. The two arranged meetings where and when they would meet again. Julia reveals that she is not interested in the revolt. Although, she is a personal rebel. Winston reveals information to Julia about his wife Katherine which he decided weather to not killer her or not. Winston returned to Mr. Charrington’s offer: he had rented the room above his shop in order to spend some private time with Julia. Winston reveals his fear of rats.
He and Julia met up very frequently at the apartment he rented above the shop where he purchased his journal. Unfortunately, with a hidden telescreen in the room, they were found out and brought in to a facility for thoughtcriminals. They were tortured until they were broken, physically and mentally. Throughout this process, Winston remained honest in spite of the pain. “I don’t know. I don’t know. You will kill me if you do that again, Four, five, six—in all honestly I don’t know (Orwell, page 252).” From there they were rebuilt into ideal citizens and released back into regular society, to later be killed for their original crimes. “He was walking down the white-tiled corridor, with the feeling of walking in sunlight, and an armed guard at his back. The long-hoped-for bullet was entering his brain (Orwell, page 297).” Despite all the actions he took to rebel against the government, in the end they were regrettably pointless when it comes to the rest of
Throughout the section, the main character, Winston is constantly facing conflicts. Most of these conflicts are internal. In the society Winston lives in, he is being monitored 24/7, which prevents him from doing most things freely. The first sign of conflict is shown when he takes out the diary he bought, and starts writing things he remembers. Of course he is disobeying the law, but he is taking a risk. The “Two-minute hate” is literally a time where everyone hates on the traitors for two minutes. There, Winston faces some internal conflicts; they are internal because the other characters do not know what Winston is thinking. The girl with the dark hair is introduced. She is a bad impression to Winston, and he always feels uncomfortable around her. Later in the book, she intimidates him even more because it feels like she is watching him. Another character that Winston has an internal conflict is O’Brien. It is one of the most interesting encounters because it might have involved O’Brien himself. During the Two-minute Hate, their eyes meet together and Winston suddenly thinks that ...
From the opening sentence of the essay, “We are free to be you, me, stupid, and dead”, Roger Rosenblatt hones in on a very potent and controversial topic. He notes the fundamental truth that although humans will regularly shield themselves with the omnipresent first amendment, seldom do we enjoy having the privilege we so readily abuse be used against us.
Things to know: 1984 was a book written about life under a totalitarian regime from an average citizen’s point of view. This book envisions the theme of an all knowing government with strong control over its citizens. This book tells the story of Winston Smith, a worker of the Ministry of Truth, who is in charge of editing the truth to fit the government’s policies and claims. It shows the future of a government bleeding with brute force and propaganda. This story begins and ends in the continent of Oceania one of the three supercontinents of the world. Oceania has three classes the Inner Party, the Outer Party and the lowest of all, the Proles (proletarian). Oceania’s government is the Party or Ingsoc (English Socialism
George Orwell has created two main characters that have conflicting traits believe in the idea of love in a world where it is forbidden. Although both are secret rebels of the Party and share the same hatred for the Party’s totalitarian power, Julia and Winston display a remarkable number of differences between each other. The differences between them include their morality, their motivation towards the rebellion, and their personalities.
The novel, 1984, written by George Orwell, gives readers an insight to a possible frightening future where one government has complete and definite control of the people. But “control” might not be the term to describe such a rule. The Party dominates every aspect of life. There is not a single thing that is not under the Party’s rule. Feelings, history, language, statistics, and even human nature are submissive to the Party. They corrupt the mind so much that there is no longer a line that separates truth from a lie. Slogans are repeated through telescreens on a daily basis so the people are gradually forced to believe in illogical statements. Upon first glance, it may seem that a 1984 society is not even imaginable in the world we live in currently. But is it really logical to make such an assumption so quickly? Do we know that what we see on the news and read in our history textbooks is completely accurate? The Internet is one of the most powerful technologies our world has, consisting of an insurmountable amount of information, which is not always what it seems. Ultimately, there are so many things that we do not know, some of which is being held a secret from us. Modern day society shockingly has evidence of a transformation into a menacing 1984 society because of similar government actions and abuse of advanced technology.
There are many aspects for my mind to conceive while reading the articles why I write by George Orwell and Joan Didion. There are many different factors in triggering an author’s imagination to come up with what they want to write, and why they want to write it. In most writings a purpose is not found before the writer writes, but often found after they decide to start writing.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is written with the idea of a totalitarian society that has complete social stability. Huxley demonstrates how a stable world deprives a person of their individuality, something that was also lost in Anthem by Ayn Rand. Brave New World exemplifies the great sacrifice needed to achieve such a stable world. This novel envisions a world where the government has complete control over people in its mission for social stability and conformity. The outcome of this is that the government has created a society with no love, freedom, creativity, and the human desire for happiness.
Both are taken into custody and tortured and beaten so that they can be rebuilt to obey the Party and to sell out each other. Winston takes many days of torture and pain before he is put into room 101 where he is encountered with his worst fear,which is rats. Winston the breaks down and yells, “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! 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). The only thing that kept Winston going was the fact that he hadn’t yet betrayed Julia, and he felt determined to never betray her. With Julia, O’Brien told Winston that she gave him away almost instantly. She was all about saving herself,and did not care about what could happen to Winston now that they were caught and their relationship would not continue.
my life time up to the point that I feel I could single handedly go on
In the 2nd part of 1984 Winston is meets a girl named Julia. At first Winston believes Julia will turn him in for committing Thought Crime. Then Julia passes Winston a note and they meet each other. The Party also does not allow association that is not goverernd. This is the start of an affair between the two, because they are not married and free love is not allowed. Winston is rebelling fully by his association with Julia. The 2nd section Winston fully rebels, he joins an underground resistance, and he believes that his life is better because The Party is no longer controlling him. At the end of this section Winston learns that he has been set-up and followed by the Thought Police the whole time. He and Julia believed that they were resisting and rebelling but had actually been entrapped by the Thought Police.
of history. Winston struggles to face the state of Oceania and ultimately loses everything in the end.
In the video, “Extremism in America” by George Michael, the speaker conveys a theme that status of political extremism in America is far greater polarized than it has been previously. Groups like the Klu Klux Klan on the conservative side and the Black Nationalists Party have greatly been criticized for their ideology on certain subjects like racism, anti-abortion, and support for countries the opposing party would consider an enemy. The line “It is worth mentioning that there has been a huge Homeland Security apparatus constructed” appeals to logos as the government is now shown to surveille over these politically extreme groups so that the problems for domestic terror in America today will work itself out. These groups’ inspiration can lead
At this moment, Winston feels powerless against the seemingly unstoppable Party, knowing that his life is at the mercy of O’Brien. Thus, Winston’s already weak willpower continues to wither away, rendering him more vulnerable to further reformation. The final procedure in completely transforming Winston’s personality occurs in the dreaded Room 101. To achieve his ultimate goal of breaking Winston’s loyalty towards Julia, O’Brien exploits Winston’s deepest fear of rats in a rather gruesome manner.