"Ninteen Eighty Four"

This paper discusses George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty Four", focusing on the rivalry between Winston and Big Brother.
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George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty Four , in 1921 joined the Indian Imperial Police but seven years later resigned having come to hate imperialism. This was evident in the novel when George Orwell portrayed the Party of Big Brother, as a government we wouldn't desire but if we were not careful we too like Weinstein Smith, the main character, would suffer in our lifetime. But Mr. Orwell also presented that we must not let Big Brother control us and that we must rebel and fight back or else Big Brother would win. In this novel I believe that hating Big Brother is what kept Winston alive. To support this thesis the supporting arguments are Winston expressed his feelings which proves he was a sane human, Winston was more logical than the Party, and he was not himself when he said he loved Big Brother. Winston, the Party's opposition, had the only hope to rebel. Winston wrote in his diary "if there is hope, it lies in the proles." Winston was sane and acted upon feelings knowing he would be executed for them. When Winston first met Julia, he thought that she was a spy and he wanted to bash in her skull. When he read her message which was "I love you", he was stunned and also pleased that someone had feelings for him. If Winston was totally under Big Brother's power he wouldn't have felt the urge to return the love, and have the anxiety of wondering if she did really love him rather then just throwing away the incriminating message. Winston felt the feeling of hatred toward the Party and was willing to search for the Brotherhood to try to overthrow the government. O'Brien asked Winston and Julia, "...what are you prepared to do?" Winston replied, "Anything that we are capable of ." Winston's strong hatred toward the Party made him willing to murder, commit acts of sabotage, to cheat, and commit suicide. Followers of the Party would not have felt the feelings of such contrast of love and hate but rather to fulfill their duty to Big Brother. Winston who was sane was more logical then the Party. Since Winston thought things through in a logical manner, it helped him stay reassured that the Party was evil and made him focus on not giving up but mentally not let Big Brother win. O'Brien, member of the Party, when interrogating Winston said that the Party seeked power and when you have power, power could conquer matter. Winston was logically assuming that how could you control diseases, the law of gravity, or the climate. Everything that the Party tried to make Winston believe, he fought back through logical thinking which conveyed more flaws of the Party. "He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother." The above quote was when Winston's mind was totally brain washed at this time he was killed. Why would the Party have killed him when he finally believed and loved Big Brother? How come he wasn't shot when he told O'Brien "I hate him[Big Brother]"? The reason was hating Big Brother kept Winston alive. The Party not only wanted Winston to suffer but to die insane. Dying insane was accomplished when Winston was totally brain washed and we know this from the time he said he hated Big Brother to he loved Big Brother. The Party at all cost had to prove that they had power by playing on people's fears or brainwashing their thoughts such as 2 + 2 = 5. Once this was accomplished, Winston was now harmless, useless, and wouldn't be able to help them gain power, this leading to his death. Winston was murdered not as Winston Smith but as an accomplishment of the Party. While Winston was alive he hated Big Brother, some may say Big Brother bet him and that is why he was murdered. To me Winston succeeded in conquering Big Brother personally because when interrogated he openly admitted he hated Big Brother and fought back using logical explanations. There was no possible was for Winston to stop the Party from brain washing his mental thoughts. Winston Smith's mind was lost the minute he was brain washed and all that remained was his shadow.