Verloc Like Winnie Essay

Like Winnie, Verloc has strong commitments that motivate him and give justification to his actions. Unlike Winnie, he is not committed to another person but instead is committed to the lifestyle of a sloth that he has become so accustomed to over the years. Verloc on the surface appears to have commitments to his family and his anarchist cause however, these obligations quickly are revealed to be of little concern to Verloc after his meeting with Lenin. Verloc is a hypocrite. He states to his other anarchist colleagues that he is a true anarchist that wants to further the cause more than anything but lacks the motivation to carry out any actions to further his anarchist beliefs. The only reason why Verloc takes any action at all to further …show more content…
He attempts to distance himself from his anarchist activities by making Stevie deliver the bomb that Vladimir intended for Verloc to detonate at The Greenwich Observatory rather than himself. By forcing Stevie to deliver this bomb, Verloc is distancing himself from any physical harm that might come about from the bomb and any potential harm to his lifestyle from things such as a police investigation that would lead to his imprisonment. Another example of Verloc’s commitment to his sloth lifestyle is when in chapter 6 it is revealed that Verloc had also been also been giving information to Chief Inspector Heat. Inspector Heat mentions that he occasionally makes use of Verloc for information. Verloc providing information to both Vladimir and Inspector Heat reiterates the fact that he is not a true anarchist and his only true commitments lie in his sloth lifestyle. Verloc’s commitment to his sloth lifestyle and lack of commitment to anything or anyone else is the reason why he is entrenched in a life that is void of any true