Winston Smith's Loyalty In The Novel 1984

Winston Smith: From Rebel to Loyal At the exposition of the story, Winston Smith has already revealed his loathing for the world he lives in. His life is bleak, hatred and anger drive him insane every day. On the surface, however, he seems like an average guy, a smoker with health problems due to the cigarettes. Thanks to Winston’s undoubted hate for Big Brother, The details are revealed about the characters and plotline that may not be known to others, for thanks to Winston, the Party, Big Brother, and the Thought Police are shown to be harsh oppressing powers instead of a fairly-ruling government. Throughout this novel, Winston Smith stands out from the crowd in order to get what he so desires. The government, on the other hand believed they can oppress anyone if they try hard to, and ultimately seem to succeed. There is no escape from this cruel life, even despite the best …show more content…
In “Psychology: Core Concepts”, it is told that memories can be distorted by “suggestibility, the process of memory distortion as a result of deliberate inadvertent suggestion” more specifically “misinformation effect, The distortion of memory by suggestion or misinformation” (Zimbardo 200). While in the ministry of love, Winston is tortured and manipulated in these such ways to where he becomes loyal to Big Brother, hates Julia, and no longer seeks to learn about his past. He becomes a total subject to Big Brother. Winston initially tries to defy these rules of memory control by refusing to cooperate and disobeying O’Brien, but it is impossible. The brain can only do so much. Winston develops a love for O’Brien and trusts him, now believing that O’Brian stops the pain of the torture he receives, and he has led Winston to eventually believe the undeniable truth that Big Brother is good, And 2+2 = 5. This shows that if the government can make him believe that, they can make him believe anything. He is no longer his own