Winston Smith Character Analysis

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“Down with big brother, down with big brother, down with big brother”, a line said by main character Wilson Smith which perfectly describes his hatred for “The Party”. Winston Smith attempts to prove his worth and determination to throughout the book that he is a threat to “The Party” and Big Brother. As for his lover, Julia, is one who stays in the back, rebelling in ways that please and satisfy her. Both Winston and Julia aren’t shown as the rebellious types, but, prove the readers and party members by showing their hatred towards “The Party” by committing rebelling in different ways but were both ineffective.

Winston Smith, a quiet and shy character throughout the book seems by a third person view to have no ability to rebel, but was
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As known through the story, Winston is shown, between the two, the more rebellious type. He is also shown as the more hateful type as he wants to take down “The Party” and commit rebellious behaviour, not for the sake of himself, but for the sake of the future of Oceania. He contains a diary which he jots down his own personal feelings in hopes of O’Brien reading it. This is shown in the book as rebellious behaviour and shows early on that Winston is rebellious in nature. Early on the book, near the bottom of page 20, Winston repeats the line “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” 5 times in the diary that he owns. This shows his hatred towards “The Party” and the leader Big brother. "I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones." Is said in page 132 by Winston to Julia about his hatred towards purity and all that stands with it. Including Big Brother. As for Julia, she has all but one quote which perfectly describes the two and their behavior. On page 163, Julia states to Winston “I’m not interested in the next generation, dear. I’m interested in us. ” After which Winston replies “You’re only a rebel from the waist down.” This beautifully shows the amount of hatred that Winston has comparing to the amount Julia has. In exact details, Winston rebels in the ways that would eventually take down “The Party”. He starts off by writing in his diary. All of his feelings, hopes, and dreams go here. As the story progresses, he escalates to wanting to have sexual intercourse again. After completing that with Julia, he continues to bigger plans, to a point that he wants and ends up joining the brotherhood. He then reads “The Book” which is supposedly written by Goldstein. As for Julia, her way of rebelling is by having hedonistic behaviour. She does buy illegal products, such as chocolate from the black market, but this also shows her own selfish reasons to rebel. She

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