George Orwell’s 1984 depicts a dystopian society where all citizens are under harsh regulations. All citizens are under constant surveillance where if found doing something fraudulent, will “disappear” in the middle of the night and are never seen again. Under this totalitarian government, everyone is living under oppression where only the government truly knows what’s going on. The main character, Winston Smith, a once average person, morphs into a revolutionary as he openly despises the government, has an affair with another member of the party, and attempts to join an anti-government rebellion, which ultimately leads to his demise.
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Winston originally planned on attacking Julia, who later turned out to be the love of his life. Julia and Winston’s relationship is very odd as they both seem to want two different things: Winston wants Julia to help start a rebellion with him while Julia seems to just want sex. Julia explains her need for sex as she says “When you make love you’re using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don’t give a damn for anything. They can’t bear you to feel like that” (133). Julia sees her personal rebellion as basically just having sex with as many party members as possible. She isn’t trying to overthrow the government as she does this more as a taunt. Julia, who is significantly younger than Wilson, believes the government is too powerful to be overthrown. So, she thinks the only way to truly rebel against Big Brother is by having elicit affairs with party members. Julia and then Winston then decide to make a pact if they do indeed get captured by Big Brother as she says “It’s the only thing they can’t make us do, They can make you say anything—anything—but they can’t make you believe it. They can’t get inside of you” (166). Julia believes than when they get captured, they will stay true to each other and not betray one another as that is the ultimate commitment. She believes that once the government is inside you, …show more content…
After meeting with O’Brien, Wilson is given a manuscript written by a famous rebel which he must read in order to understand his duty. While reading at he secret hideout with Julia, Winston suddenly hears “‘Now we can see you… Stand out in the middle of the room. Stand back to back. Clasp your hands behind your heads. Do not touch one another” (222). It now becomes obvious that O’Brien is a traitor. So, it turns out the one person Winston thought he could trust turns out to be a member of the secret
Winston, who was once an ordinary, boring man, quickly begins his transformation to an anti-government rebel …show more content…
Winston originally planned on attacking Julia, who later turned out to be the love of his life. Julia and Winston’s relationship is very odd as they both seem to want two different things: Winston wants Julia to help start a rebellion with him while Julia seems to just want sex. Julia explains her need for sex as she says “When you make love you’re using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don’t give a damn for anything. They can’t bear you to feel like that” (133). Julia sees her personal rebellion as basically just having sex with as many party members as possible. She isn’t trying to overthrow the government as she does this more as a taunt. Julia, who is significantly younger than Wilson, believes the government is too powerful to be overthrown. So, she thinks the only way to truly rebel against Big Brother is by having elicit affairs with party members. Julia and then Winston then decide to make a pact if they do indeed get captured by Big Brother as she says “It’s the only thing they can’t make us do, They can make you say anything—anything—but they can’t make you believe it. They can’t get inside of you” (166). Julia believes than when they get captured, they will stay true to each other and not betray one another as that is the ultimate commitment. She believes that once the government is inside you, …show more content…
After meeting with O’Brien, Wilson is given a manuscript written by a famous rebel which he must read in order to understand his duty. While reading at he secret hideout with Julia, Winston suddenly hears “‘Now we can see you… Stand out in the middle of the room. Stand back to back. Clasp your hands behind your heads. Do not touch one another” (222). It now becomes obvious that O’Brien is a traitor. So, it turns out the one person Winston thought he could trust turns out to be a member of the secret