1984 Personal Response Essay

After reading George Orwell’s 1984, I came to see that my predictions were partly correct. I believed that the girl Winston met at work would become a significant person throughout the book. This is because when we meet her in the first chapter of the book, she has a mysterious tone to her. I was correct in believing this because she became another person to rebel along with Winston. I was wrong though to believe they rebelled for the same reason. I also believed that this girl would be involved romantically with Winston due to his uneasiness towards her. I believed his uneasiness was caused by Winston holding in his true feelings towards her. In the novel we end up crossing paths with the girl and find her name is Julia. We also come to see that
I enjoyed the plot twist of Winston and Julia’s capture. I didn’t see it coming when O’Brien revealed his role as a Party spy. Nor did I expect Mr. Charrington to be a member of the Thought Police. I also enjoyed the lessons taught throughout the book. I learned not to believe a person for how they treat you or act on your behalf. I learned to realize to dig deeper into a person before trusting my life in their hands. I also enjoyed how the telescreen had multiple uses to it. I thought it was a very creative idea to use a telescreen as a monitor to watch and listen to the citizens. I enjoyed learning about a newer type of government that I am not used to. I thought the dystopian government was very interesting but not the proper way to run a society. I didn’t expect O’Brien to be a Party spy. I one hundred percent believed that O’Brien was truly against the Party. When he gave Winston the Emmanuel Goldstein book, I believed he was a head leader in the Brotherhood. I didn’t expect him to turn against Winston. When Winston was being tortured by O’Brien he had a cage of rats strapped to his head and was threatening that the cage would be opened. I almost didn’t believe it when he gave up Julia to