1984 Winston’s Struggle - 1733 Words

Hisham Dakhil English R1b Loretta Kane October 6, 2008 Winston’s Struggle George Orwell creates a dark, depressing and pessimistic world where the government has full control over the masses in the novel 1984. The protagonist, Winston, is low-level Party member who has grown to resent the society that he lives in. Orwell portrays him as a individual that begins to lose his sanity due to the constrictions of society. There are only two possible outcomes, either he becomes more effectively assimilated or he brings about the change he desires. Winston starts a journey towards his own self-destruction. His first defiant act is the diary where he writes â€Å"DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.† But he goes further by having an affair with Julia,†¦show more content†¦However, they must play a instrumental role in order for the Party to ever be defeated since they make up such a vast majority. The proles live in ignorance of how the Party controls them into being patriotic. They have no desires to free themselves and are oblivious of their true power. The pr oles should be the ones questioning the status quo but it is Winston who carries their plight instead. Orwell depicted the Party as such a powerful force with the posters everywhere that say â€Å"Big Brother is Watching† and that proved to be true in Winston’s case. Even in the prole’s district he is not safe as seen when he is captured in Mr. Carrington’s shop. Winston’s inability to connect with the prole community effectively was a shortcoming because they are the group of people that can share the same interest as him. Yet the way he rushed into things with O’Brien circumvented his chances of organizing a revolution. The character of O’Brien intrigues Winston because he represents the type of man that Winston aspires to become. However, we learn at the end that he is merely a pawn of the Party and had played Winston all along. Ironically, Winston becomes just like O’Brien but not in the manner in which he expected. Initially O’Brien is shrouded in mystery and Winston perceives him has a connection to the resistance. It is through O’Brien that Winston hopes to learn the necessary steps in order to overthrow Big Brother. O’Brien pretends