At what point does one limit who they betray for freedom
“The reward for betrayal is freedom.” This is a quote that fits well in George Orwell’s 1984. Throughout the book, the government plays a strict rule in the citizens’ lives. They convince the people that they are living the dream society when in reality there is no freedom of individuality. They convince the people that the only proper way to be a good citizen is by turning in all actions of people that share their own personal thoughts or procedures. The government enforces this and convinces the citizens that if all actions benefit the party and the party only, then in return, it will benefit all the citizens.
The book focuses on the main character, Winston. Winston is an average …show more content…
He is attracted to her by her rebellious nature. She too dislikes the party. After several encounters, Winston and Julia meet up with Obrien. Obrien is a man Winston feels, by instincts alone, that he can trust, because he believes he is a part of a government conspiracy called the “Brotherhood”. Within the first couple sentences of their meeting with Obrien, Winston blurts out: “We believe that there is some sort of conspiracy, some kind of secret organization working against the party, and that you are involved in it. We want to join it and work for it. We are enemies of the party. We disbelieve in the principles of Ingsoc. We are thought- criminals. We are also adulterers. I tell you this because we want to put ourselves at your mercy. If you want us to incriminate ourselves in any other way, we are ready.” (Orwell 140). Winston gives all this information to Obrien without a second thought. The government is so controlling that Winston gets overly excited at the first opportunity he receives to freely speak his mind. He is willing to do anything to betray the government more, just in order to receive other moments like …show more content…
“He accepted everything. The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford were guilty of the crimes they were charged with. He had never seen the photograph that disproved their guilt. It had never existed; he had invented it. He remembered remembering contrary things, but those were false memories, products of self-deception. How easy it all was! Only surrender, and everything else followed.” (Orwell 228). Winston is beginning to see the government’s ways more clearly and is finally accepting them as his own.
Finally, to conclude the book, Winston is a totally different person with a whole new outlook on Oceania. “O cruel needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. 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 reward for betrayal is freedom.” This is a quote that fits well in George Orwell’s 1984. Throughout the book, the government plays a strict rule in the citizens’ lives. They convince the people that they are living the dream society when in reality there is no freedom of individuality. They convince the people that the only proper way to be a good citizen is by turning in all actions of people that share their own personal thoughts or procedures. The government enforces this and convinces the citizens that if all actions benefit the party and the party only, then in return, it will benefit all the citizens.
The book focuses on the main character, Winston. Winston is an average …show more content…
He is attracted to her by her rebellious nature. She too dislikes the party. After several encounters, Winston and Julia meet up with Obrien. Obrien is a man Winston feels, by instincts alone, that he can trust, because he believes he is a part of a government conspiracy called the “Brotherhood”. Within the first couple sentences of their meeting with Obrien, Winston blurts out: “We believe that there is some sort of conspiracy, some kind of secret organization working against the party, and that you are involved in it. We want to join it and work for it. We are enemies of the party. We disbelieve in the principles of Ingsoc. We are thought- criminals. We are also adulterers. I tell you this because we want to put ourselves at your mercy. If you want us to incriminate ourselves in any other way, we are ready.” (Orwell 140). Winston gives all this information to Obrien without a second thought. The government is so controlling that Winston gets overly excited at the first opportunity he receives to freely speak his mind. He is willing to do anything to betray the government more, just in order to receive other moments like …show more content…
“He accepted everything. The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford were guilty of the crimes they were charged with. He had never seen the photograph that disproved their guilt. It had never existed; he had invented it. He remembered remembering contrary things, but those were false memories, products of self-deception. How easy it all was! Only surrender, and everything else followed.” (Orwell 228). Winston is beginning to see the government’s ways more clearly and is finally accepting them as his own.
Finally, to conclude the book, Winston is a totally different person with a whole new outlook on Oceania. “O cruel needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. 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