When Winston attempts to rectify injustices within society, he is captured, tricked, and tortured by “authoritarian” disciples of Big Brother. These “authoritarian” disciples of Big Brother prove analogous to the Pharisees in the time of Christ. These stringent church leaders are responsible for the torture and persecution of Christ. The overarching pattern between the actions of Christ and Winston as the sons of God and Big Brother yield immense significance in the evaluation of religion. The trade-off between panoptic conformity and physical or metaphysical torture exists as an everlasting theme in correlation with the novel. This trade-off portrayed in aspects of religion proves detrimental to the well being of society, as a
When Winston attempts to rectify injustices within society, he is captured, tricked, and tortured by “authoritarian” disciples of Big Brother. These “authoritarian” disciples of Big Brother prove analogous to the Pharisees in the time of Christ. These stringent church leaders are responsible for the torture and persecution of Christ. The overarching pattern between the actions of Christ and Winston as the sons of God and Big Brother yield immense significance in the evaluation of religion. The trade-off between panoptic conformity and physical or metaphysical torture exists as an everlasting theme in correlation with the novel. This trade-off portrayed in aspects of religion proves detrimental to the well being of society, as a