1984
In George Orwell's 1984 there are three parts to the novel. Each part is very significant to the way the novel unfolds. The novel is about Winston Smith who lives in London, Oceania during 1984. He works at the Ministry of Truth and is part of the outer party. The leader of the country is Big Brother who is always watching and the country is run by him and the inner party. There are also the proles who do not believe in Big Brother. This is the basis to the novel- Winston's life and dealing with the government.In the first part of the novel, Orwell explains the time in which Winston is living. Then it goes into Winston's thoughts. Winston, during the first part, decides to write in a diary, which is not allowed by the inner party. If he were caught, he would have to be sent away. As the first part moves on, Orwell explains the life in which Winston must live. There is always a telescreen that is watching you and if you do anything wrong or disloyal to the party, you might be sent a way. Winston is constantly battling within himself about if the Big Brother is really watching and knows everything. He does not fully believe in anything. His job is to correct the papers that contain false information now or needs t
but suddenly they hear something behind the wall telling them not to move... it is a telescreen! So Winston and Julia are busted and O'Brien was never a part of the brotherhood but part of the thought police. Part three deals with Winston going through rehab in the Ministry of Love. O'Brien explains that he wants a total rehab from Winston. This contains torture and finding your love for Big Brother and the party. Winston confesses to all his crimes and explains that he never loved Julia and that it was all her fault he was there. He is constantly trying to battle his hate for Big Brother through the rehab but it doesn't work. He loses lots of weight and is beaten. Finally he is taken to room 101 which is the torture room. There he is put in a cage with all the rats swarming over him. O'Brien releases him from the Ministry of Love because Winston found his love for Big Brother. After that, he drinks very heavily and goes to the Chestnut Tree Cafe. This is where he now spends most of his time watching the telescreen and loving Big Brother. One of the major themes is the theme of Power. Power is throughout the whole novel. The power fight within Winston about his thoughts and hates against the party. Winston was constantly trying to fight the thoughts and hide them. Also the power of Big Brother over all the people. Big Brother constantly watched the people and if they did anything wrong, they would disappear. People feared Big Brother, which gave him a lot of power. The fear of Big Brother by the people made them obey and pay tribute to him. AlsoWinston's longing for the power to destroy the party. He always considered the thoughts of overthrowing the party with the proles or the brotherhood. There is also the power that O'Brien had over Winston. O'Brien could kill him or he could let him live with torture, or help him believe. Power constantly reigned in the novel. The theme of power was constantly woven throughout the plot of the novel. I feel that Winston was a very strong person and was not afraid to stand up for what he believed in. He had a strong head on his shoulders and he constantly was thinking. Even though he did not believe in
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Approximate Word count = 1471
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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