George Orwell’s dystopic novel 1984 talks about Oceania, a place that has their citizens under government surveillance regarding their actions, talk, emotions, and also manipulating the events of the past. The novel tells the story of Winston Smith, who works for the Ministry of Truth, his job entails with rewriting past historical recollections (i.e. newspapers) so the contents of it are in support of the Party. Winston is good as his job but he secretly hates the Party and hopes to rebel against it.
In the opening of Book Two, Winston meets Julia and begins an erotic affair he has been desiring. In this scenario, the author presents an immediate contrast between both Julia and Winston. In Winston’s case, Julia is neither speculative nor bothered …show more content…
Her sexual repression was used as a mechanism to incite an enthusiasm for going to war in which she reduces her sexual activity as a political act. In Winston’s point of view, the simple act of having unauthorized sex with another member of the Party is a way of knowing that his plans of a rebellion are no longer confined in his own thoughts.
During the time that Winston met Julia, it’s clear that in their relationship they took some risks. After having a vision of a glass paperweight, Winston decided to rent a room above a secondhand store. When spending some time in the room, he began to daydream a scenario in which he could walk alongside Julia, free from the tyrannical rules of the Party.
The meeting between Winston and O’Brien secretly became an important event in his life. While the first encounter between them was short, but for Winston, he became a trustworthy person. As a reader, you don’t know if O’Brien is trustworthy or disloyal, whether he truly wants to rebel against the Party or works for it. For Winston, O’Brien represented the perfect subject willing to undermine the Party. He gave him a connection to the Brotherhood, who is dedicated to fighting with the Party. Winston somehow saw in O’Brien what he hoped he would be. However, O’Brien was studying him, learning how to punish him for the torture he would soon experience once he is caught for his
In the opening of Book Two, Winston meets Julia and begins an erotic affair he has been desiring. In this scenario, the author presents an immediate contrast between both Julia and Winston. In Winston’s case, Julia is neither speculative nor bothered …show more content…
Her sexual repression was used as a mechanism to incite an enthusiasm for going to war in which she reduces her sexual activity as a political act. In Winston’s point of view, the simple act of having unauthorized sex with another member of the Party is a way of knowing that his plans of a rebellion are no longer confined in his own thoughts.
During the time that Winston met Julia, it’s clear that in their relationship they took some risks. After having a vision of a glass paperweight, Winston decided to rent a room above a secondhand store. When spending some time in the room, he began to daydream a scenario in which he could walk alongside Julia, free from the tyrannical rules of the Party.
The meeting between Winston and O’Brien secretly became an important event in his life. While the first encounter between them was short, but for Winston, he became a trustworthy person. As a reader, you don’t know if O’Brien is trustworthy or disloyal, whether he truly wants to rebel against the Party or works for it. For Winston, O’Brien represented the perfect subject willing to undermine the Party. He gave him a connection to the Brotherhood, who is dedicated to fighting with the Party. Winston somehow saw in O’Brien what he hoped he would be. However, O’Brien was studying him, learning how to punish him for the torture he would soon experience once he is caught for his