1984 Winston And Eastasia Relationship

1984 is set in a time period of total governmental control and the absence free speech and free thoughts. The Earth itself is separated into three sections, Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Oceania is the biggest section with the most people. Winston Smith lives in Oceania. The Party is the governing function in the book. The Party controls everything, history, present, and future of the people. The Inner Party members are the elite. Winston works for the Party as a historical editor at the Ministry of Truth. His job is to change history to serve the Party’s political and social agenda. The Party has many rules that all the citizens have to follow; they include: no free thinking or speaking, no sexual relations, and no emotions. In practically …show more content…
Julia is a simple person and a more free thinker. She works for the Party also, like Winston; however, she has two sides to her. The simple worker who is against sexual relations and the free-spirited anti-Party sexually driven girl. Winston is driven by logic and ideas. I relate to the logical side of Winston mainly, but sometimes, I can be the free-spirited type similar to Julia. Winston does everything he possibly can to protect Julia when they are being tortured, which I can strongly relate to. Winston also overanalyzes and overthinks his situation quite often. In my life, I typically overthink a simple situation, and, therefore, relate to Winston in that way also. On occasion, I can be a simple person trying to be happy, as Julia is. I feel as if Julia tries to float through life without a care in the world; however, deep down in her soul, she truly cares about everything she stands for, including rebelling against the Party. I can relate to Julia in trying to hide that I care about certain situations. Overall, I relate to elements of both Winston and …show more content…
With some of the movies that are released today, rebellion is a similar topic matter. That made reading 1984 more enjoyable. The supervision thrust upon all of the citizens surprised me because the extent to where to went almost never stopped. This book taught me about authoritarian governments and has let me see what aspects of the Party and governing functions in my life can relate at times. The Party and Big Brother were seemingly powerless, except the fear factor and the lack of humanity placed in the citizens. The citizens were degraded completely, so they never realized their true power. This book also taught me a lot about trust and to always be careful who to trust at any given moment. Also, it reconstituted the importance of individual knowledge, not just believing propaganda. The telescreens played particular types of propaganda, while the individuals could not think for themselves. In our world, the media plays certain shows and people could actually be informed, but they rely so heavily on the media. 1984 just showed me how important educating yourself is because they did not have that luxury. I would recommend this book because of the thought provoking subjects and symbolism, but also because of the unsuspected