“DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER!” (Orwell 20) A line said by the main character in 1984, Winston Smith. This quote perfectly describes his hatred for The Party. As for his lover, Julia, is shown to be more a fan of Big Brother, and has no hatred in the story, or so it seems. Knowing the life, details, personality, and similarities and differences between characters is very important in the novel. What is also important are the ways they both rebel. Finally, how effective or ineffective their rebellious acts and behaviours are towards bringing The Party down. At the end of the novel, it comes down to this, Winston and Julia show their hatred towards The Party by rebelling in different ways that were ineffective.
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For Winston, his way of rebelling is by writing in his diary and in the process, committing Thoughtcrime. Thoughtcrime is a very severe crime for which a person is prosecuted to a labour camp for 25 years or sentenced to death, as proven in 1984, “But if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least 25 years in a forced-labour camp.” (Orwell, 8) When only in possession of a diary and nothing is written, it might be excused. If in possession of a diary and something is written such as “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER!” (Orwell, 20) prosecution will be immediate. His other way of rebelling is reading “The Book”, written by Emmanuel Goldstein, the so called author of “The Book”. For Julia, her rebellious acts are more of the hedonistic type. This means Julia rebels by sleeping with several Party members, as given here, “"Have you done this before?", "Of course. Hundreds of times – well scores of times anyway. “With Party members? “Yes, always with Party members.” (Orwell, 131) As for a rebellious behaviour that is shared between them is joining The Brotherhood. They both went to O’Brien’s home to recite an oath that allows them to be a part of The Brotherhood. A part of the oath contains this, “You are prepared to give your lives?" "Yes." "You are prepared to commit murder?" …show more content…
First, explaining the diary. All Winston did when it came to the diary was write his feelings and emotions. The only intention Winston had with the diary was in hopes of showing it to O’Brien who, he thought, was part of The Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is a rebellious group made up by The Party to lure out traitors. As for O’Brien, Winston stated, “He knew, with more certainty than before, that O’Brien was on his side. He was writing the diary for O’Brien – To O’Brien.” (Orwell 84) Even with Winston’s certainty that O’Brien was part of The Brotherhood and was on Winston’s side, it became clear that O’Brien was not part of The Brotherhood and was definitely not on Winston’s side. He was actually part of the Thinkpol and had every intention to arrest Winston from the very beginning. Winston was fatalistic about the diary and his whole rebellious behaviour. Soon after Winston wrote down in his diary “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.” 5 times, he proceeded to think, “Whether he went on with the diary, or whether he did not go on with it, made no difference. The thought police would get him just the same” And “He had committed -- would still have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper – the
Winston is a …show more content…
For Winston, his way of rebelling is by writing in his diary and in the process, committing Thoughtcrime. Thoughtcrime is a very severe crime for which a person is prosecuted to a labour camp for 25 years or sentenced to death, as proven in 1984, “But if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least 25 years in a forced-labour camp.” (Orwell, 8) When only in possession of a diary and nothing is written, it might be excused. If in possession of a diary and something is written such as “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER!” (Orwell, 20) prosecution will be immediate. His other way of rebelling is reading “The Book”, written by Emmanuel Goldstein, the so called author of “The Book”. For Julia, her rebellious acts are more of the hedonistic type. This means Julia rebels by sleeping with several Party members, as given here, “"Have you done this before?", "Of course. Hundreds of times – well scores of times anyway. “With Party members? “Yes, always with Party members.” (Orwell, 131) As for a rebellious behaviour that is shared between them is joining The Brotherhood. They both went to O’Brien’s home to recite an oath that allows them to be a part of The Brotherhood. A part of the oath contains this, “You are prepared to give your lives?" "Yes." "You are prepared to commit murder?" …show more content…
First, explaining the diary. All Winston did when it came to the diary was write his feelings and emotions. The only intention Winston had with the diary was in hopes of showing it to O’Brien who, he thought, was part of The Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is a rebellious group made up by The Party to lure out traitors. As for O’Brien, Winston stated, “He knew, with more certainty than before, that O’Brien was on his side. He was writing the diary for O’Brien – To O’Brien.” (Orwell 84) Even with Winston’s certainty that O’Brien was part of The Brotherhood and was on Winston’s side, it became clear that O’Brien was not part of The Brotherhood and was definitely not on Winston’s side. He was actually part of the Thinkpol and had every intention to arrest Winston from the very beginning. Winston was fatalistic about the diary and his whole rebellious behaviour. Soon after Winston wrote down in his diary “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.” 5 times, he proceeded to think, “Whether he went on with the diary, or whether he did not go on with it, made no difference. The thought police would get him just the same” And “He had committed -- would still have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper – the