George Orwell 's Novel, 1984, Julia And Winston

It is evident by the first chapter that Winston is not a fool, yet intends to play jester in public and continues the act in private. Winston is trapped in his own thoughts and is in dire need of an escape. He finds this evasive escape in the empty journal from Mr. Charrington. Winston’s diary doesn’t just represent a place where he is left free to throw his empty thoughts, it seems to be more. Winston’s secretive scraps of paper represent a place that the Party has not discovered. A place where he can think peacefully without the overbearing weight of the stress of his life or death daily performances and the rebellious thoughts confined and trapped in his head. The diary is similar to the prole apartment that Julia and Winston share. Winston desires a place that has remained untouched by the powerful influence of Big Brother. Winston and Julia have an elicit affair at the flat, which is punishable by the Party. Winston reads by himself and to Julia a book that has been neither altered nor approved of,

Winston’s self-betrayal comes early in the story when he purchases a diary from Mr. Charrington’s shop and decides to write all his thoughts about the Party in the diary.

Societies subject to totalitarian reign experience a complete degradation of both civil and natural born rights. Entire populations are forced to follow a strict regimen, often against their free will and good judgement. In 1984, George Orwell warns of such corrupted power of a totalitarian regime. Big Brother instills a looming fear that agitates the people of Oceania, which, in the hearts of some, ignites a cry of rebellion. Those trying to peacefully challenge the system, much like Winston and Julia, are met with a cruel fate of reassimilation. Under totalitarian rule of Big Brother, such actions of civil disobedience are not effective because of the government's disinterest of citizen acceptance, unrelenting power, and a complete control

In the novel, Winston is a character who lacks "hero" traits as he has more traits of an everyman than a hero. Winston is an out of shape, average man with a "varicose ulcer above his right ankle" (3). Considering the typical hero, not only does Winston lack the physical strength, he lacks the mentality as well. Throughout the novel, he consistently talks about "overthrowing the Party," but he never actually does it. Instead of overthrowing the Party, he rebels by purchasing a diary and writing sentences such as "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" (20) and " I don’t care down with big brother they always shoot you in the back of the neck" (21). Winston chooses to write these into his diary as he is too cowardly to say this in public. As time passes, his

The novel “1984” by George Orwell exemplifies the issues of a government with overwhelming control of the people. This government controls the reality of all of their citizens by rewriting the past, instilling fear, and through manipulation. This is an astounding story because of the realistic qualities that are present throughout the text about an extreme regulatory government and its effects. This society is overwhelming consumed with the constructed reality that was taught to them by Big Brother. George Orwell brings significant aspects to the novel like the complexity of relationships during a rebellion and The Party’s obsession with power. The main character Winston struggles throughout the story trying to stay human through literature, self-expression and his individuality. The party uses human’s tendencies, weaknesses, and strengths in order to dehumanize their citizens to gain control over them.

Even though Winston contributed to committing acts against the government that are quite courageous, it was all in a discrete manner. Instead of engaging in an open revolt, Winston’s sexual escapades with Julia and journal entries were in secrecy and remote locations that were never repeated twice, also in the room provided by Mr.Charrington. I interpreted Winston’s approach to act in confidence from everyone around him out of the fear of the reactions of people during the two minute hate, telescreens, hidden microphones, and brainwashed, spying neighbours outing you at the first open moment to save themselves very cowardice rather than make an open revolt. The open revolt would have spoken actions of a hero, “ordinary people doing whatever they can to change social systems that do not respect human decency, even with the knowledge that they can’t possibly succeed”. Basically even if Winston’s public revolt to get others to go against rather than conform to the Party’s laws and live in fear didn’t succeed, it would have been the effort that counts for what a hero would do to better a country, people, or even the world. The fear Winston felt and had thought of in the back of his mind that he mentioned all kept him regretting the actions he took part in.

Throughout the novel Winston searched for groups that were against the party. He was aware of his natural desire of freedom he experienced and knew there would be others who had this desire as well. His mind wouldn’t stop wondering about the things that he did not know. He searched for the true history of his country. Winston knew that his memories of his country’s events were not the same as what Big brother had claimed them to be. He knew the party was rigged and so were their methods. Winston believed that he should be allowed to divorce his wife, date whom he would like

In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the main characters Winston and Julia try to defy their government due to their dissatisfaction with the law. Winston first rebels by buying a diary book from a pawn shop and keeping an account of his day. If he were caught with the unapproved records, he “would be punished by death, or at least twenty-five years in a forced labor camp” (Orwell, 9). Still, despite the risk, Winston breaks the law. Because he works in the Records department, he knows that almost everything the Party claims are lies. In order to rediscover the actual, true past prior to the Party’s rule, he decides to join the Brotherhood, a rebellious group working to overthrow the government. On the other hand, his partner Julia is indifferent to the lies of the government. even though she knows that they are used to cover up the

In response to adversity, Winston’s instinct is to resist and to fight back. These attempts at subversion are useless in saving him, for in the end, he is defeated in mind and heart. One way he defies Party rule is by hiding from the telescreen -- an item used for constant surveillance -- and writing in an illegally bought diary from pre-Party times. The act of writing in the diary itself is thoughtcrime, but what he writes in the diary, “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER”, is treason as well. Winston does this because, chained within himself as he is by his own self-awareness, he desperately seeks an escape from the oppressive walls of lies that have been closing in on him for most of his life. Even without quite knowing why, Winston burns with the need to know the truth, claws at freedom. Rather than being at odds with the Party slogan “FREEDOM IS SLAVERY”, it is in perfect agreement with it, because his instinct toward humanity -- a mostly extinct construct -- is what enslaves him to his own destruction. Another way he rebels is by maintaining a secretive (to their knowledge, at least) and sexual relationship with Julia, who is ironically a member of the Junior Anti-Sex League. Since sex for the purpose of satisfaction is highly discouraged by the Party, the sex itself is subversive as it is pleasurable, and “their embrace had been a

We learn that the dark-haired girl is named Julia. She and Winston meet out in the country, almost similar to the Golden Country in Winston’s dreams. Julia assures him that the hide-out is safe from microphones and that they would be able to hear if someone is near. He wonders why she shows attraction for him and it’s due to the fact that she knew he was against the Party from the moment she saw his face. Julia portrays the ideal Party member but in her private time, her true thoughts are revealed and they are the same as Winston’s.

Based on the evidence, the powerful Party cruelly attempts to eliminate the basic human rights of all its citizens in Orwell’s 1984. Faced with this wicked dehumanization, Winston uses his relationship with Julia as the basis for his oppositional action of attempting to preserve his individuality and civil liberties. Through Winston, Orwell inspires others to resist the dehumanizing actions of their own governments when they attempt to degrade civil liberties. In China today, the administration has placed harsh restrictions on the information displayed in the media and on the Internet. This censorship denies its citizens their basic human right to freedom of expression, as it prohibits them from publishing opinions that contradict the beliefs

Despite Winston's passionate hatred for the Party and his desire to test the limits of the Party's power, his capacity to carry out action against the Party is burdened (i.e. lacking positive freedom) by his intense paranoia and overriding belief that he will ultimately suffer scrutiny and brutal torture for the crimes he

The book 1984 depicts a society unimaginable to most; however, a further look shows us that we actually do live in an Orwellian society. Orwell describes a country called Oceania made of multiple continents which is ruled by the dictatorial “Big Brother” who uses different systems like the “thought police” and “telescreens” in order to have full control over the country. Our democratic government, through organizations such as the NSA and NGI, can look through our most private conversations and moments using spyware. Due to the secrecy of the government, citizens in 1984, as well as those in our society, fear the government.

     Winston is a miserable member of a society he hates, and is controlled and watched in every area of his life. He has no desire to go on

The novel 1984 is a futuristic totalitarian society where everyone is kept under close surveillance and is forced to follow all rules and laws of the state. The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell and published in 1950. The main characters were Big Brother, Winston Smith, Julia, O’Brien, Syme and Emmanuel Goldstein. Winston Smith is a low man on the totem pole when it came to the ruling Party in London, Oceania. His every move is watched by the Party through devices called telescreens. Posted everywhere around the city is the face of their leader, “Big Brother” informing them that he is always watching. He works in the “Ministry of Truth” which is ironic seeing that they alter history to fit the liking of the Party. As this book continues Winston challenged the laws and skirts around the fact that he is always being watched. His shocking and rebellious act is “falling in love.” Throughout this novel George Orwell utilizes symbolism to further enhance the totalitarian features of the society. In many ways these symbols represent the things that this society hasn’t experienced and doesn’t understand.