Winston Is a Hero

Other than Winston’s weak characteristic and his lack of planning, the main cause that contributes to Winston’s downfall is his indulgence. Winston lacks the ability to control himself from anything addictive in life. This personal flaw makes Winston lost in his cause to the destruction of “Big Brother”. In the novel, Winston constantly drinks and smokes to distract himself instead of focusing on a plan to take down “Big Brother”. Winston’s dream is to have a love affair: “Almost as swiftly as he had imagined it, she had torn her clothes off, and when she flung them aside it was with that same magnificent gesture by which a whole civilization seemed to be annihilated” (Book 2, Chapter 1). His illegal love affair with Julia does no good to his objective of bringing down “Big Brother”. The only result that the love affair accomplishes is Winston’s

Winston started as a unique man who hated following the rules and he made a complete 180 following the events in jail. Winston came out a new man, with respect for the Party and Big Brother as well as others around him. Winston had this to say about his new life at the end of the book, “it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished.” When he said the struggle was finished he realized he was done fighting Big Brother and the Party and finally was willing to accept them.

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

In the beginning of the book we see that Big Brother is in charge of Oceania and at the end of the novel, Big Brother is still in charge. The beginning of the novel is important as the end, however, nothing seems to change Winston loved big brother then later he questions himself why he loves Big brother. After being torture he no longer has questions of Big Brother or where his loyalty is he loves and respect Big Brother. “But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother” (Book 3 Chapter 6). During the novel, Winston wanted to join a rebellion and fight against Big Brother but after being torture Winston hopes faded and ended up if nothing has happened. The only thing Winston change is some words that went against the Party but after losing his job and being torture he went along with whatever Big Bother said. Which made no difference to Oceania since they have still had to follow and obey the Party and their awful

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.

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

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 does seem to focus on his curiosity of the unknown. He is seemingly willing to do anything for it. The journal, which is a big example as his only place to vent and make a personal record that only he can see. True leaders are judged based on how they act and think publicly, and Winston is not the average scum he is surrounded by.

This is verbally ironic because the atmosphere at the ministry of love is extremely torturous. They force them to express love but only for The Party and what it stands for. O’brien leaves Winston without the love he had for Julia. He would ultimately let her die for him while he is threatened by his worst fear, “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her”(286) The brainwashing that occurred at the Ministry of Love seemingly reverted Winston discovers he loves Big Brother in the end and doesn’t need to fight The Party anymore. All personal opinions Winston had were

I feel like winston was a hero because as a great character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined suffering or defeat. I feel as if Winston is best described as a tragic hero Heroic to have means having the characteristics of a hero or heroine also being very brave. Winston’s heroism is reflected against the Party. For example it could be with his relationship with Julia or it could be the purchase of the diary. Another example of a hero is when he joined the Brotherhood. So I think Winston s a hero because especially when he was fighting against an evil dictatorship even though he had no idea that it was going to end badly. People do say that heroism has no longer have much meaning but Winston as definitely a hero. A quote of Winston being a hero is “its actual appearance was frightening, and not merely the fact that he knew it to be himself. He moved closer to the glass. The creature’s face seemed to be protruded, because of its bent carriage” (Orwell, p. 271). This is an example because it shows to the readers that winston isn't scared of

meaningless as he says “ Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don't care what you do to her.

The novel 1984 written by George Orwell creates a main character named Winston Smith. Winston is a worker in the Ministry of Truth that struggles with his all-knowing and individuality banning Party that observes and acts on the publics every move. Every day Winston goes to work intending to edit the ever changing facts that the Party releases, so that the Party is never wrong. Hero defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary means “a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities.” The Oxford Dictionary also defines a hero as “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” Although Winston may be the main character of the novel, based upon his actions

A hero is one who succeeds in conquering an arduous set of circumstances through determination and selflessness. Throughout the novel, Winston maintained heroic qualities that would lead one to believe he would emerge triumphant against the party. Winston rebelled against society and attempted to be the change that he wished to see in the world. Winston knew that the party was spreading lies and he wished to bring about justice for himself and the proles. When a hero succeeds he reinforces a concept, such as standing up for one’s beliefs. When a heroic person is defeated, the force that has beaten them is the ultimate power. Winston comes quite close to fulfilling heroic circumstances; however, there is one defining characteristic that he cannot overcome. Winston failed to overcome the party. Heroes may waver or make mistakes, however, they ultimately cannot fail.

However, the thing that makes Winston a little bit different from others is that he is trying to develop something big in order to overthrow the Party. He has not been happy with them for some time now due to their extreme control and prohibitions of various expressions of freedom. It is important to note that in Oceania, it is absolutely illegal to rebel against the Party. In fact, it is illegal to even think about the possibility of such action taking place. These thoughts alone could get you into trouble. Winston is determined nonetheless. When O’Brien got in touch with him in an attempt to arrange a meeting, Winston finally thought that this was going to be it. It turns out that O’Brien was actually just an undercover member of the Party, spying on people like Winston to prevent rebellions. “It occurred to Winston that for the first time in his life he was looking, with knowledge, at a member of the Thought Police” (Orwell 185). Winston was set up because he proceeded about his daily life, not even thinking about the possibility of someone (that he is unaware of) watching his every move. It is a bit frightening because with the technology that exists today, it could be getting much easier to access our private