is
theof s novel. Winston is a man who works
as a propagandist for the Ministry of Truth,
constantly rewriting the news to
make it favorable to Oceanias government. Winston resents the
total control
that the government, embodied in Big Brother, exerts over his life. Winston
enjoys
the feeling of small acts of resistance to this control, but for a
long time he refuses to
acknowledge that even the tiniest act has set him on
a destructive path: Big Brother is
omnipotent. When he initially gets
involved with , he imagines that he is pursuing a sexual
relationship but
quickly comes to love her.
OBrien is a realist who seems
deeply loyal to Big Brother, butraises the possibility that it is the pragmatism
of
self-preservation rather than patriotism that motivates OBrien. This man
understands power in a
way that Winston cannot. By choosing to side with the
powerful, OBrien acknowledges that he will
be required to dominate and even
destroy the powerless. OBrien tricks Winston into believing he
is on the
rebels side, then betrays and tortures him.
Julia is both
female
and younger than the men. While she has no memories of the time before
Big Brothers regime, she
does not internalize her lack of freedom in the same
way that Winston does. Believing that
feeling free is the same as being free,
Julia superficially participates in the required groups
and rituals. However,
she also flaunts societys rules, apparently taking up with Winston out of
boredom rather than a desire to rebel. Her affection for him, while it surprises her,
also
renders her more vulnerable, and she too must face up to the
inevitability of
betrayal.
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