Sunday, April 8, 2018

What is Winston's greatest pleasure in his life in 1984?

finds the
greatest pleasure in life from his work. He works as a clerk at the Records Department in the
Ministry of Truth, and his job description entails rewriting historical documents to match the
current Party affairs and paint Big Brother in a perfect light. He dictates while a machine
called speakwrite types. After it is finished, he destroys the documents containing the now
obsolete information. Even though his job is somewhat monotonous, Winston enjoys it because it
is complex and demands a great deal of mastery to accomplish the tasks. In fact, Winston
appreciates the complexity of the job because he immerses himself in it to the point of
forgetting about his bland life. He is so good at Newspeak that on several occasions he has been
assigned to rectify articles for The Times.

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