Compare And Contrast The Conflict Between Orwell And Winston In 1984

In 1984 a, post-apocalyptic dystopian society, novel by George Orwell the main protagonist, Winston, is portrayed by the author as a rebel to the government known as “Big Brother” ( Orwell 5). When he and his friend, Julia, are caught trying to rebel against “Big Brother” they are sentenced to death, but before they are killed, they are taken to an underground facility where they undergo brutal physical and mental torture. Winston undergoes torture under his greatest fear and confesses to crimes that he never committed, out of fear of being killed even when he already was a dead man. The actions that Winston faces show, people will do anything out of fear to be released from the grasp of death even when it's too late.
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For example, this conflict between the characters is shown when O’Brien asks Winston how many fingers, he is holding up with his hand extended four and Winston answers him four. Then O’Brien says if the Party says it's not four, but five then how many and Winston replies four and after a brutal torture he finally says five (Orwell 206). This information given to the reader, is a mere glance at this conflict between O'Brien and Winston. It also shows how when Winston is not put through pain he fights and says remarks about the type of society “Big Brother” (Orwell 5) is trying to create but when put closer to death, he gives in to the pain and does whatever he was asked to do in the very beginning. In addition to this, Orwell also uses conflict when O'Brien tells Winston that he has thoughts of deceiving him and he tells Winston that he in making progress, but his feeling toward Big Brother are not at the point that O’Brien wants them to be Winston tells O’Brien that he hates Big Brother and O’Brien replies with it is time for Winston to not only like Big Brother but to love him and gives Winston two words that he would have never wanted to hear him to “Room 101” (Orwell 232). This quote shows that after a time of not being put in pain he becomes his former self but he then changes to doing whatever he has to do to not be tortured …show more content…
Another piece of information that helps the author is Winston's encounter with O’Brien and the book for entrance into the secret rebellion “Brotherhood”(Orwell 141) that is said to be run by “Goldstein” (Orwell 146) nut it turns out that O’Brien was not a part of the “Brotherhood” but he was working undercover for “Big Brother” (Orwell 5). All these pieces of evidence play their own important role in 1984 such as Winston writing in his diary, reading the book given to him by O’Brien about the “Brotherhood”, the arresting of Julia and Winston, all of these actions lead deeper and deeper into the situational irony that takes its course, when the reader hears Winston’s thoughts as Winston says,“O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won victory over himself. He loved Big Brother” (Orwell 245). After all the torture that Winston is put through he ends up falling to his knees to the government “Big Brother” (Orwell 5). He fought from time to time, but no matter what he always gave into his torture. In the end, fear won Winston over because he let himself give in to the physical and mental torture he was put through and he was afraid of getting closer to the doors of death, especially when he