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Winston Smith In The Golden Country
C. Characters Winston Smith is our protagonist. He images better world, better living conditions. He called there ‘The Golden Country’. He gives all his thought to the history of Oceania, especially he tries to remember pre-revolution Oceania. However, he cannot because of changing history. While reading the book, I saw more hopeful, determined and insubmissive man. However, in the movie, I saw a lover man. He thinks more emotionally in the movie. In the book, when Winston and Julia become a lover, he thinks this relationship is a rebellion against the Party. However, in the movie, he loves Julia. At the end of the movie and the book, Winston loses his spirit and his humanity. However, I think there is a difference between the book and the

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