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George Orwell 's 1984, And O ' Brien

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In this paper I will examine in George Orwell’s 1984, the characters especially Winston, Julia, and O’Brien. I will examine their personalities and psychological disorder. I will also examine whether or not health and stress, characters’ cognition and mental abilities are affected by their class. I will also examine the laws that are currently in effect today, and community regulations that are just too overbearing. I will also discuss Progressivism, Socialism, Communism, and Marxism and their founders. Are the characters individualists or collectivists? Why? Winston and Julia are pretty much the only characters that are individualists while all the other characters in the book at collectivists. The story takes place after the Second World War where London has now become part of Oceania and is called Airstrip One. In this place its government is known as Big Brother, which enforces not to have rebellious thoughts hence the name, ‘thought-crime.’ The party is also against people having sex unless they are doing their duty for the party. Junior Spies, children that are brainwashed to spy on their parents, and to report them if they are against the party. Winston and Julia are individualists because they both hate Big Brother and rebel against it. However, Winston rebels at first by illegally buying a diary and then writing in all kinds of entries especially, ‘Down with Big Brother.’ He seeks to join Brotherhood and knows that his sexual relationship with Julia is only

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