Why Winston Does Not Believe It?

The totalitarian party manipulates and invalidates the minds of the outer party and proles. Orwell describes the surroundings of Winston, showing totalitarianism, writing:

Winston thinks of rebelling against The Party. Destroying the dishonest scriptures, the fake news reports, the lying, the abusing, the government.

The world in which Winston Smith lives in is very frightening. It is very unlikely that people from the world we live in would survive for long living in it. I think it is an awful time to be alive because you have no freedom at all. Winston is in the worst possible position, he is in the Outer Party. He is being monitored at all times and he can only cooperate. It seems that the proles and the Inner Party are much better off. I think that this is true because nobody cares about the proles and they can do what they want. The bad thing about them is that they are very poor and have no money. We don’t really know much about them. Maybe just like any other animal they have adapted to the bad conditions and somehow they are

In the novel there are many instances where it is evident that Winston shows he does not believe in Big Brother and the party. One instance is when Winston explains he works in the Ministry of Truth, and says how he changes the history to agree with Big Brother. This shows how he knows the government is manipulating the other citizens minds because he is the one changing the history. Another instance is when Winston is writing down with big brother into his journal. During this time, Winston is starting to feel a rebellious

Winston goes through emotional change throughout 1984 that changes his perspective and personality. At the beginning of the book, Winston is filled with hatred towards the Party. “They’ll shoot me in the back of the neck i dont care down with big brother they always shoot you in the back of the neck i dont care down with big brother-” (Orwell, 19). Winston’s fury towards the Party and Big Brother is evident. Through his diary entries, you can definitely tell that he harbors an intense anger towards them. So, it may seem that this trait will never change and make him always fight for it. The reader may at first think that he will never change views. But then, Winston completely changes perspective at the end of the book when he states, “He loved Big Brother.” (Orwell, 298). This keeps Winston from becoming another boring character who refuses to change his opinion which makes for an interesting book and a more complex character.

Throughout the novel, Winston is always hiding his thoughts about the Party and about Big Brother, although he is completely against it. However, in order to ensure that he does not get caught, he must act as though he loves them and agrees with their power over society. Surveillance is shaping these characters to be a perfect representation of what they are expected to be, instead of being who they are.

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.

Winston Smith believes that hope for the future lies in the proles because it's their rebellion that can bring down Big Brother, and Usher in the change of the government. Proles ,proletarians, working class, and comprise make up about 80% of the population. Also Winston sees proles as happy workers who are not smart. Although they might not be that smart the workers are free from scrutiny and constant morning party. Smith hates Big Brother and the numerous restrictions it makes a difference on the party workers. He works in the Ministry of Truth which is responsible for altering and editing

Once this happens, the followers will believe anything that the party tells them, even if it makes no sense at all. In 1984, the Ministry of Peace is in charge of waging perpetual war, which is the complete opposite of what someone would think. This is what we call “doublespeak”. Doublespeak is when someone uses language that says one thing, but means the other. Most people would think the Ministry of Peace would be in charge of keeping peace between Oceania and the other countries. The Ministry of Truth was in charge of changing books to reflect the party’s ideology. If it were actually the Ministry of Truth, then it wouldn’t be feeding lies to the people of Oceania. The Ministry of Love is in charge of torturing people, which is also ironic. Winston never goes into the building until the end, when he is kept prisoner.

2. The meaning behind Winston's journal entry is that the proles will choose to rebel when they feel the absolute need to. Also that the proles need to become aware of the fact that they are being subdued to go against their society and government first before they can make that decision. They are too wrapped up in their own lives that until they finally start to see the world more clearly, they will not rebel.

Winston Smith believes that hope lies in the proles because they make up most of the population of Oceania. He knows that nothing can be done from within because it is impossible for enemies of the Party to come together and discuss anything without the Party finding out. Telescreens, Spies, and Thought Police are always watching and listening for anything or anyone against Big Brother and the Party. Proles are not watched by telescreens, so they have the ability to gather and plan something to overthrow the Party. The Party members don't pay as much attention to the proles as they do to people of the Party. There are some spies within the proles, but not so many as within the Party. What stops the proles from doing anything is their ignorance

Initially, we are introduced to the protagonist of the novel, Winston, a citizen of Oceania. The citizens of Oceania are under complete control of the Party and even the members of the Party themselves are indoctrinated with the thought that the Party can do no wrong. Winston, also being a member of the Party, is unlike most individuals; he is unable to fully adapt to the concept of doublethink and commonly has negative thoughts regarding the Party. Doublethink is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas in one’s mind at once. Through the use of news and media, the public believes all they are told, despite that it is generally contradictory to previous knowledge.

After being imprisoned, Winston starts to have special sessions with O’Brien. During these, he uses a type of shock therapy on Winston to show him the truth of the Party and how to oppose it. Winston is stubborn and refuses to believe anything O’Brien is telling him (Graves). The Party has absolutely no want to help the citizens lives. The main purpose is to authorize the citizens thoughts so that they will never go against Big Brother. The government controls everyone through fear (Miniter). If Oceania is at war with one of the other countries. is has always been fighting with them. If a nation changes allies and starts a war, past newspapers change their articles to fit in the new world order. When citizens change those details in their head,

From the moment Winston walks up the staircase and reads the sign on the wall stating “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, [and] Ignorance is Strength” the stage has been set to display that humans do not have the capability to carry out their own existence without rules and directions from others (Orwell 4). In this case, the Party controls all beings. In believing in these types of ideals, change would never be possible. However, from what the main character and the author is trying to illustrate in the first chapter, even in the society that rules by the totalitarian political regime there will always be some members of the society that seek out the idea of free thinker like Winston. As for the question of the possibility that human nature can triumph over the Party, the possibility does exist when there is enough of a collective human race with courage to face them.

This comment shows the oppression and constant fear that Winston had suddenly opened his eyes to see. There is an inherent lack of freedom that arises from this absolute control, with Winston even going to question if his thoughts truly belong to him. What generates the most fear, however, is not what The Party can hear or see, but what The Party will do suppress those who question its ultimate