Living in a society in which creativity and art are oppressed, Winston strives to appreciate certain aspects of art and self-expression. One way he does this is by expressing a passion for rich literature. Although not significantly present in 1984, Winston placing an emphasis on his dislike for cheap pornography quite self evident . He gears more towards other literature available to him such as Goldstein’s book or other history books although both also provided by the Party. Spoken of in the book as one written by machines and the others written by literary authors, Winston is able to differentiate the two styles of writing making his rich taste for literature conspicuous. He also “woke up with the word ‘Shakespeare’ on his lips” (33) implying
