Passion maximizes the opportunities of life, making it worth subsisting. Without the passion to pursue a meaningful activity or belief, life essentially surrenders its value. In relation to 1984 by George Orwell, the lives of the proles do not hold value to society because they lack a passion for anything and exist only with the simple goal of survival. Since the proles do not aim to achieve anything higher than survival, they consequently live deprived of essential experiences, feelings, and rights. However, they remain unbothered and accept this as the standard of living, never requesting change. As a result, society categorizes the proles as inhuman because they rarely analyze their civilization and seem undisturbed by their inadequate living
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Orwell directly communicates this point through his characterization of Winston and by emphasizing Winston’s fluctuating standpoints throughout the novel. Simultaneously, Orwell disproves the point that human nature has “a dynamism which will react to the violation of” basic needs for freedom, dignity, integrity, and love, “by attempting to change an inhuman society into a human one” (Fromm 260). Orwell successfully refutes this statement by utilizing Winston as an example. Orwell purposefully characterizes Winston as a persistent and integral individual to build up the audience’s hope that he will defeat the Party. Orwell identifies Winston as one of the lone characters audacious enough to stand up to the Party. By plotting Winston’s ultimate surrender, Orwell proves to the reader that human nature does not consist of a dynamism which fuels people to change inhuman societies into human ones. Instead, society changes humans (which Winston’s time in the Ministry of Love undoubtedly verifies). Orwell clearly defends this idea through the novel by using situations dealing with Winston to prove that human nature can always be changed because they lack a certain dynamism. Unequivocally, George Orwell constructs Winston as a character in 1984 to validate that human nature holds the ability to be modified to an extent that man can “forget he is human”, by correcting the way he thinks and acts (Fromm
Orwell directly communicates this point through his characterization of Winston and by emphasizing Winston’s fluctuating standpoints throughout the novel. Simultaneously, Orwell disproves the point that human nature has “a dynamism which will react to the violation of” basic needs for freedom, dignity, integrity, and love, “by attempting to change an inhuman society into a human one” (Fromm 260). Orwell successfully refutes this statement by utilizing Winston as an example. Orwell purposefully characterizes Winston as a persistent and integral individual to build up the audience’s hope that he will defeat the Party. Orwell identifies Winston as one of the lone characters audacious enough to stand up to the Party. By plotting Winston’s ultimate surrender, Orwell proves to the reader that human nature does not consist of a dynamism which fuels people to change inhuman societies into human ones. Instead, society changes humans (which Winston’s time in the Ministry of Love undoubtedly verifies). Orwell clearly defends this idea through the novel by using situations dealing with Winston to prove that human nature can always be changed because they lack a certain dynamism. Unequivocally, George Orwell constructs Winston as a character in 1984 to validate that human nature holds the ability to be modified to an extent that man can “forget he is human”, by correcting the way he thinks and acts (Fromm