1984 Journal Entry
Journal entry #1
The world in which Winston Smith lives in is very frightening. It is very unlikely that people from the world we live in would survive for long living in it. I think it is an awful time to be alive because you have no freedom at all. Winston is in the worst possible position, he is in the Outer Party. He is being monitored at all times and he can only cooperate. It seems that the proles and the Inner Party are much better off. I think that this is true because nobody cares about the proles and they can do what they want. The bad thing about them is that they are very poor and have no money. We don’t really know much about them. Maybe just like any other animal they have adapted to the bad conditions and somehow they are getting food and surviving. The Inner Party probably live the best lives because they are basically in charge of the country. They get all the good foods that no one else gets. I expect that many of them have big houses, a lot of money and the freedom to do what they want as long as it’s not some huge crime. I expect that in the long term Winston will meet someone, who will help him gain more confidence. I expect that somehow Winston will play a very big role in taking down Big Brother and the party. Maybe there will be some underground organization and Winston along with many other of his colleagues will join it. Using his power of changing newspapers he can write some big article revealing the truth about Big Brother and the party. They will gather all the proles and with their help they will overthrow the Party. This is a very optimistic expectation and I doubt that it’s going to happen. I thought of this outcome only because of O’Brien. The connection that Winston had with him, or thinks he had with him is the only thing keeping the hope alive in the novel. It’s the only thing that makes me think that maybe by the end of the story, the world would have changed for better. The other way that the story can evolve is for Winston
The world in which Winston Smith lives in is very frightening. It is very unlikely that people from the world we live in would survive for long living in it. I think it is an awful time to be alive because you have no freedom at all. Winston is in the worst possible position, he is in the Outer Party. He is being monitored at all times and he can only cooperate. It seems that the proles and the Inner Party are much better off. I think that this is true because nobody cares about the proles and they can do what they want. The bad thing about them is that they are very poor and have no money. We don’t really know much about them. Maybe just like any other animal they have adapted to the bad conditions and somehow they are getting food and surviving. The Inner Party probably live the best lives because they are basically in charge of the country. They get all the good foods that no one else gets. I expect that many of them have big houses, a lot of money and the freedom to do what they want as long as it’s not some huge crime. I expect that in the long term Winston will meet someone, who will help him gain more confidence. I expect that somehow Winston will play a very big role in taking down Big Brother and the party. Maybe there will be some underground organization and Winston along with many other of his colleagues will join it. Using his power of changing newspapers he can write some big article revealing the truth about Big Brother and the party. They will gather all the proles and with their help they will overthrow the Party. This is a very optimistic expectation and I doubt that it’s going to happen. I thought of this outcome only because of O’Brien. The connection that Winston had with him, or thinks he had with him is the only thing keeping the hope alive in the novel. It’s the only thing that makes me think that maybe by the end of the story, the world would have changed for better. The other way that the story can evolve is for Winston