not everyone is down with The Party. Winston and Julia take a different route‚ and choose to rebel against Big Brother‚ thinking they have escaped the watchful eyes of The Party. However‚ they were sadly mistaken. Big Brother sees all.Orwell’s character‚ Winston‚ is a quiet and critical thinker; Winston’s role is to overthrow The Party in order to bring the past back; however‚ while on his journey‚ Winston is caught by Big Brother. Orwell’s Character‚ Winston Smith is a ostensibly intelligent individual
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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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Sir Winston Churchill is widely known and is considered one of the best statesmen of the 20th century. Winston Churchill has always been a peoples’ person and he has dedicated himself to providing what is best for the public service. “His legacy is a complicated one; he was an idealist and a pragmatist; an orator and a soldier; an advocate of progressive social reforms and an unapologetic elitist; a defender of democracy as well as of Britain’s fading empire (History.com).” Although his legacy is
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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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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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Character Analysis Of Winston Smith Winston is the main character in this novel and he seems to be separated from all of the other characters in the book by his thoughts. It is Winston’s uncommon character that we see unfolding as we read through the novel. He seems to be the only one set apart from the rest of the characters. Through Winston’s eyes and thoughts‚ the reader gains an idea of the new society‚ which has no place for freedom‚ truth‚ or human emotions. The uncommon Winston makes the reader
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Winston Smith and Katniss Everdeen Winston Smith‚ from George Orwell’s 1984‚ is a thirty-nine year old man who lives in a society where everything is ruled by the government. Winston Smith lives in a world where even his thoughts are monitored by the Thought Police. He has to watch everything he does to a point where he is paranoid about everything. Winston Smith starts to write a journal‚ which is illegal‚ about his thoughts on rebelling against the government and when Julia‚ a women he is having
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his downfall. Creon was left at the end sorrowful and wishing death upon himself‚ because he had lost his son and wife‚ Crying out “Come‚ let it come!--that best of fates for me/ that brings the final day‚ best fate of all./ Oh quickly‚ now--/ so I never have to see another sunrise” (Exodos.1449-1452). Creon feels he has nothing to live for now that his family is gone. He now puts all the blame on himself and wants to die‚ to end his pain. Since it was his decision that led to his own downfall and
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well-known English poet and an Elizabethan playwright‚ in the 1500’s. Macbeth tells about the downfall of a war hero who chose an evil path to achieve his ambition. Therefore‚ Macbeth is responsible for his own downfall. Although some may argue that he was influenced by the witches and his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ however it is his choice to act upon those suggestions‚ which he eventually did. So‚ Macbeth is totally responsible for his own downfall. Throughout the play‚ the witches have played a very significant
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The Downfall Of Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne was a descendant of Puritan immigrants who dedicated his life to writing. It was through his short story "Young Goodman Brown" that Hawthorne uses it to explain Young Goodman Brown ’s excessive pride. This excessive pride interferes with the relationship of his wife Faith and the community‚ which ultimately causes Young Goodman Brown ’s downfall. "Young Goodman Brown" sets up his journey that his wife asks him to "pr ’y thee‚ put off your
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