Loyalty In George Orwell's '1984'

Loyalty is an important characteristic of human beings. Sometimes it can be abused or stolen, but as long as you stay strong with what you believe is true, you can resist. In the novel, 1984, George Orwell explains the nature of loyalty to oneself and to one another, and it's limits. Winston's view of the government changes because his experiences in this novel. George Orwell creates a great sense of resistance in Winston against the Party. As Winston began thinking about the past, before the Party's revolution, his hate for the government grew stronger. This was his only way to have a victory over the Party, as they could not control what was between his ears. Or at least that is what he believed. At the end of his novel, Orwell decides …show more content…
But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."(Orwell) The strength of his loyalty to himself, mainly his mind, was not great enough against the government's 'cure'. The Party forced Winston to abandon his belief in the validity of his past memories. One example of his new view on his memories can be found on page number 296; "But then his mother lit a piece of candle and they sat down on the floor to play. Soon he was wildly excited and shouting with laughter as the tiddlywinks climbed hopefully up the ladders and then came slithering down the snakes again, almost back to the starting point. They played eight games, winning four each...For a whole afternoon they had all been happy together, as in his earlier childhood. He pushed the picture out of his mind. It was a false memory. He was troubled by false memories occasionally. They did not matter so long as one knew them for what they were."(Orwell) This may be one of the most important type of loyal relationship; loyalty to one's memories. They are the only way to know what is the actual truth and to stay sane in times of troubles. They manipulated his mind because his