Canteen Eighty-Four 1984

Winston, the main character of the novel, starts out as a normal Outer Party member who is not much different from any other Party member. He wears the required overall blue Party uniform and works at the Recording Department in the Ministry of truths (his job is to fabricate information to support Big Brother), and eats disgusting synthetic food in the canteen every day. The only thing that is different about Winston is his resentment toward Big Brother. When not working, he likes to write in his secret journal about the real past and any information that may go with it, and he also likes to stroll in the prole district, because proles have the closest resemble with the past that exists today. He is very intelligent and knows how to hide his …show more content…
O’Brien asks Winston and Julia if they want to join the Brotherhood (a group of rebels that work against Big Brother) and if they are willing take all the risk just for the Brotherhood. At this point, Winston is still full of hope; hope to get his freedom back and live without the oppression of the government. However, it turns out that O’Brien had simply played with Winston, and reported everything that he did as a member of a Thoughtpolice, and arrested him and Julia. He tortures Winston and completely wipe out his emotions and thoughts in slow steps and fills it back with the love of Big Brother. In the process, Winston betrays Julia by asking O’Brien to torture her instead himself. At the end of novel, Winston has completely changed; he no longer feels love for Julia and most of his emotions are dead. All he is left with is his love for Big Brother.Winston, the main character of the novel, starts out as a normal Outer Party member who is not much different from any other Party member. He wears the required overall blue Party uniform and works at the Recording Department in the Ministry of truths (his job is to fabricate information to support Big Brother), and eats disgusting synthetic food in the canteen every