In George Orewell’s “1984”‚ Winston Smith‚ is a character who unwittingly ends up challenging those in power -- that is‚ those who abuse their power to brainwash the populace to believe that the ills of society have been eliminated. Ideally‚ in a heroic story‚ those who challenge the establishment should be wise‚ confident‚ brave‚ physically strong‚ with a type of charisma that inspires followers. The anti-hero‚ however‚ at best demonstrates a few underdeveloped traits‚ at worst‚ is totally inept
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1984: Winston Smith The book 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ was written to poke fun at the idea of totalitarianism and utopias. A utopia is a perfect society in which there is no hate or displeasure‚ but because it is impossible to achieve‚ it is thought of as imaginary. A dystopia‚ which is 1984‚ is the opposite of a utopia and is a place with oppression‚ human suffering‚ and famine. The main character‚ Winston Smith‚ is initially against the party and big brother‚ which is totalitarianism.
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Illuminating Aspects of Totalitarian Dystopias Through Character Lines Winston Smith from 1984 and Evey Hammond from V for Vendetta are used by their authors to showcase different aspects of dystopian worlds and totalitarian governments. Both characters face similar losses early in life‚ which play a role in their distaste of control. Evey faces the loss of her parents to an oppressive and dictatorial government. Winston similarly loses his mother‚ as described by Orwell in “[t]ragedy‚ he perceived
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In my opinion Winston is a hero because he rescues a lot of people in the story and people consider him a savior. Winston’s health was never good because he suffered from a coughing disease. He represents a good character when he decides to actually save the people in trouble. The people around him in the story see him as a nice and easy to get along with person. Winston was used in many good ways. A hero is a person who stands up and out of many people that includes braver. No one can ever go against
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In the book‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ Winston dreams portrayed a lot of his real life experience. Everything that happened to him in his subconscious most likely happened in the near future. Winston dreams told the readers what was going to happen before it even happened. For Instance‚ when he had a dream that he saw Julia in the Golden Country. Then‚ later on in the book Julia gave him directions to the golden country. The insight that is given is kind of like The Giver by Lois Lowry. In the giver
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During the unraveling of 1984 the protagonist exponentially strays from the grasp of Big Brother and his ideologies. Through events and characters Winston encounters he becomes more independent in his thoughts and opinions which results in his pure disassociation from the party. By the end of the story‚ Winston devolves into a worse state than he originally was in at the start of the book becoming a docile party puppet. His friendship with O’Brien turns rotten when it is revealed O’Brien is not part
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Select a character from a novel or play who conforms outwardly while questions inwardly. Analyze the nature and elements of this internal conflict‚ and discuss how the tension between conformity and defiance contributes to the meaning of the work. Winston Smith‚ the protagonist of Orwell’s 1984 is an example of an everyday citizen in Oceania who obeys the rules of the government but questions them inwardly without speaking up. He is described as the only hope for the totalitarian system to be
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Considering this question objectively‚ one would have to ask what it means to be heroic. Winston‚ like many modernized protagonists‚ does not match the archetype for the classical hero: as mentioned before‚ he has no special qualities‚ there is no call to adventure‚ and definitely no supernatural help. Perhaps‚ being a product of Orwell’s imagination‚ Winston would fit his own creator’s idea of a hero. George Orwell himself defined heroism as “ordinary people doing whatever
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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
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Characters change throughout the course of many books. Some may change physically and some may change emotionally. Other characters may change the reader’s thoughts of a character. Dallas Winston can be an example of that. Dallas Winston can be called many things. Some call him a hood‚ others can call him a hero. Throughout S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders‚ Dallas Winston faces problems that change a reader’s perspective on him. In the beginning of the novel‚ Dallas Winston who is also referred
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