Plot Analysis 1)Winston Smith works in the Recording Department of the Ministry of Truth as a clerk. He rewrites historical documents‚ such as newspapers to match the ever changing lies that the Party tell. He often changes documents even if they are from previous days‚months or years. He lives in Oceania‚ London. The Party and Big Brother (leader/face of the party) rule over London. The Party watch people constantly through televisions and the Thought Police‚ the Party even has children betraying
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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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Evan Blanchette When George Orwell writes 1984he shows a battle between Winston and the society he is in. This situation is something that Winston cannot escape and it is that his death has already been determined by the society around him. He thinks of plans to stop it but none of them will truly work‚ whether it is through the ‘Brotherhood’ or the proles. The society lets him know that he‚ too‚ will become vaporized through the children in London‚ the telescreens and microphones throughout Oceania
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The qualities expressed by an antihero are opposite of those expressed by a true hero. Where a true hero is brave and resourceful‚ an antihero (also spelled anti-hero) is weak and limited. Where a hero is personable and honest‚ an antihero may be annoying and manipulative. A hero succeeds in his quest through virtue and valor and the help of friends. An antihero may succeed or he may fail. He is often alone but‚ when he has friends‚ his friends are of the ignoble sort. The list of qualities and antithetical
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George Orwell depicts Winston Smith as a typical individual readers can relate to the most. Though the readers aren’t physically going through what Winston went through‚ the reader can imagine the society the way the protagonist saw it. Winston shows that he is a loyal party member by working in the Ministry of Truth‚ where he changes historical records in correspondence to Big Brother’s wishes‚ regardless if the information was right or wrong. At the same time‚ Winston has an internal conflict for
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Winston Smith is a man with an illusion of a life‚ a life created by the government that decides what to think. He is forced to devote his life to Big Brother‚ the great dictator of the Outer party. Winston leads a seedy existence in the year of 1984‚ in Oceania. The party is casting sexual frustration upon him along with psychologically stressing him. He takes out this frustration by journaling his obstinate thoughts of the Outer Party‚ which serves as a place for him to “escape” from the stress
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Written in 1949 looking into the future of 1984 George Orwell wrote a novel about a negative utopia where the government controls everything‚ even your thoughts. In London 1984 Winston Smith starts writing a diary about his life‚ and later put in prison for his actions. Winston Smith is our main character and the easiest character to relate to. He is also the character with the most progression and changes. Julia is Winston’s lover and companion that he hated before he knew her and then later loves
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Julia and Winston are two major characters in George Orwell’s 1984. Both characters are similar from the point of view that their attitude towards the state of Oceania‚ particularly the party headed by the Big Brother. Both characters in one way or the other tend to rebel against t eh totalitarian nature of the party. However Winston and Julia tend to differ from each other in terms of their morality and their ethical views. They equally differ in their feelings about history and their political
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The book 1984‚ written by George Orwell‚ describes a world where people have no privacy. They were being watched every single second‚ and they weren’t allowed to have their own thoughts. This novel may sound unrealistic‚ but there are some relations between the world today and the world in 1984. And this novel warns us that‚ if totalitarianism were not opposed‚ some situations described in 1984 could become a reality in the future. Throughout the book‚ Winston was described as a character who has
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The Traits of Winston and Julia from Orwell’s 1984 Throughout one’s life‚ there are people whose similar and contrasting personalities help one to learn more about themselves. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ Orwell demonstrates a character foil between the protagonist Winston and his love-interest Julia. Although Winston and Julia’s views on life‚ and the Party are different‚ they are similar in their hopes to rebel against the Party‚ leading to their overall downfall and doomed relationship. Throughout
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