In the book “1984”, the protagonist Winston Smith, although he isn’t physically described much yet it is known he had a “varicose ulcer above his right ankle” (1:15). Winston is a complex and complicated character, who throughout the novel is the easiest to understand and to imagine his situation. The personality traits Winston exhibits in the beginning are that he’s observant, rebellious, determined, damaged, and always contemplating his next move. Winston really takes-into-account of everything around him, he watches people’s behavior. A rebellious personality drives Winston to buy the diary and is shown when he does a, “quick glance up and down the street… and bought the book for two dollars fifty” (6:20), at this point he knows it’s wrong.
