The Effect Of Pleasure And Disquietude By George Orwell And A Thousand Splendid Suns By Khaled Hosseini

1984 by George Orwell describes a dystopian society in which Winston Smith, the main character, resides. The society, Oceania, is controlled by The Party, which maintains its regime by employing Thought Police that apprehend anyone with grievances against The Party, or its figure head, Big Brother. The story begins when Winston purchases a blank diary, in which he writes anything he finds necessary to document; this ranges from daily events to anti-Party messages. The first part of the novel describes the totalitarian nature of The Party through the daily experiences of Winston. When Winston bumps into a girl he until this point despised, he receives a note from her saying that she loves him. Upon reading this note, Winston is initially paranoid

In the novel 1984, George Orwell relates the tension between outward conformity and inward questioning by allowing the reader to see inside of the mind of Winston Smith. Orwell uses Winston’s rebellious thoughts to counteract his actions in order to show the reader how a dystopian society can control the citizens. Although Winston is in an obvious state of disbelief in the society, his actions still oppose his thoughts because of his fear of the government. Winston’s outward conformity and inward questioning relate to the meaning of the novel by showing Winston’s fight to truth being ended by the dystopian society’s government.

Orwells’ book is set in a totalitarian state where all who live there must accept and comply with every one of the Party’s rules, ideas and orders. The main character in this novel is Winston Smith. Winston decides to rebel against the Party and soon after this results in his capture and torture from the Party. By the end of the book Winston

Imagine being controlled completely by the government; cameras in every household, microphones recording every word spoken and propaganda saying “Big Brother is watching you!” all around. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, that is the reality. Thirty-nine year old Winston Smith, low-ranking member of the Party in London, Is embittered by the Totalitarian government and its brutality to the people. The Party controls everything in Oceania; languages, history, sex, free thought and even individuality, by the Thought Police. Winston writes in a diary how much he hates the government, which ultimately would get him killed by the Thought Police if he was caught. Winston believes there is a secret brotherhood which works to overthrow Big Brother and the Party, and has a suspicion that a powerful party member named O’Brien is part of this group.

Winston Smith is a thirdy-nine-year-old intellectual, fatalistic, frail and a thin man which is the minor member of the ruling Party in near-future London. We experience the nightmarish world that the writer envisions through his eyes. Winston is extremely pensive, curious and desperate to understand how and why the Party exercises has such absolute power in Oceania. He passionately hates the totalitarian control of his government and the Party. He has his own revolutionary dreams.He wants to test the limits of its power and he commits crimes, have an illegal love affair with Julia to get himself secretly into the anti-Party Brotherhood.

The main character in George Orwell’s book 1984 is a thirty-nine year old man with the name of Winston Smith. Winston Smith creates thought crimes, he also has anti-Party views. The story “1984” tells about all of Winston Smith’s struggles. In an effort to avoid being monitored, Winston physically conforms to society, however mentally he does just the opposite. Winston is a thin, frail and intellectual thirty-nine year old. Winston hates totalitarian control and enforced repression that are characteristics of his government. Winston hates being watched by Big Brother. He always has revolutionary dreams, he feels like he would be protected. Julia is Winston’s lover, a beautiful dark- haired girl working in the

Winston is a low ranking member of the Party. In the story, the Party dominates the citizens with absolute power. They control information and history And they install telesceens and hidden microphones as well. However, Winston hates the totalitarian control.

In the novel 1984 written by George Orwell, Winston Smith is a thirty-nine-year-old man who lives in the city of Oceania. Oceania is controlled by a strict government regime known as the Party in which the leader is Big Brother. Throughout the novel, Winston outwardly conforms while questioning inwardly the morals and existence of the Party and Big Brother. However, Winston’s unsuccessful questioning and attempt to overthrow the Party and Big Brother symbolize the collapse of mankind at the hands of Socialism. The manipulation and control that the Party has over its citizens throughout the novel is a subtle way for George Orwell to tell the readers that one day the world he created could become a reality.

In the story Winston Smith is afraid of having his humanity revealed. It's a crime to have a mind of your own. The Party and Big Brother brainwash the citizens of Oceania making them believe false information that they have to agree with. They have power over everyone because of totalitarianism. And Winston is rebel that thinks for himself and writes down his thoughts in a diary which later he does get caught in On page 305 it states, “But the aim of this was simply to humiliate him and destroy his power of arguing and reasoning.

Part I Reading Journal: Chapter 1-8 1984 by George Orwell 1. Keep a Plot summary of these chapters: The novel starts off introducing readers to Oceania and the main character Winston Smith. Winston lives in Victory Mansions, an apartment complex, and works at The Ministry of Truth. The head of government is referred to as Big Brother and the only political group that exists is called “the party”.

Summary: We are introduced to the world in which Winston Smith lives, Winston shows his discontent towards Big Brother through his illegal diary, and he realizes he might not be alone in his rebellion towards Big Brother.

     Tired of feeling the way he is, with the monotonous struggle of everyday life Winston decides to oppose the party in more real ways; and begins to deviate from certain set behaviors to free himself from this bondage of the party. “To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone-to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone”(25-26). He has realized what the government does to people; how everyone is made to be the same, where no one is allowed to think on their own. The party is omnipotent in all affairs and he will not go along with it anymore. Winston has made up his mind; he is going to do everything he can to bring down the party. He and Julia go to O’Brien’s apartment one afternoon, and Winston’s true hatred is revealed. “We believe that there is some kind of conspiracy, some kind of secret organization working against the Party,

The story began by introducing the main character Winston Smith. Winston worked for the government, rewriting the history of Oceania to make Big Brother seem all-powerful. This showed the extreme measures Big Brother went to so that it would not be overthrown. Winston disagreed with the government, but kept his feelings hidden to escape persecution from the thought police. Since Winston was keeping his dissatisfaction from everyone, he was very paranoid. He judged everyone as if they were a spy waiting to catch him and take him to prison. Although odd, Winston symbolized the good left in a society where there was not much good.

The novel commences with an introduction to the ordinary Winston Smith, who in the midst of experiencing the totalitarian ruled nation, Oceania, hopelessly wants intimacy. Through his narration, it is evident that propaganda and other social institutions are in place as reinforcement of the unwritten law; including being vaporized and forgotten upon their betrayal to Big Brother. These societal structures ensures that the general population continues to stay disconnected from deep connections.

Orwell begins by using “all of” the standard phases of the Joseph Campbell’s hero cycle. Winston Smith is presented as a typical, lowly Outer Party member whose job is to change the Party’s records to reflect the current political affliations and events. The first stage commences when Winston is writing in his journal and contemplates the existence of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford, three men who were accused of exposing vital military information. He suddenly remembers that he was once given “a photograph of the delegates at some Party function…in the middle of the group were Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford” (71) which showed that the men were high-ranking Party members, but disposed of the photo out of fear of being arrested by the Party. These revelations and feelings of distrust towards the Party demonstrate Winston’s ability to think freely as an individual, unlike the majority of his co-workers. The next day, while at work, Winston runs into a woman who hands him a slip of paper that says, “I love you” (100). He knows that intimate relationship are a gross violation of the Party’s laws,