Character Analysis Of Winston In George Orwell's '1984'
I’d believe Winston to be a human trying to make a change. He gave in at the end and loved Big Brother but this was from the torture and mind control that he endured from O’Brien, he always knew this would be the outcome from his diary entries, conversations with Julia and his observations of Jones, Aaronson and Rutherford at the Chestnut Tree Cafe. Breaking his only promise to Julia, not to betray her, was unable to be avoided, seeing his rantings after his visit to room 101, and the brief encounter with Julia when he is released. She betrayed him too. Everyone betrays everyone. This was room 101’s purpose. To remove everything and everyone you love except Big Brother.
Orwell made Winston smith the protagonist of the story. Winston has …show more content…
He does want a change to come to oceania but, his failures are where Orwell perceives him as a representative of what it means to be human, more than what it means to be heroic. When Winston is captured, he didn’t have a brave bone in his body. He sold out his girlfriend just so he would live. It is at this point where Orwell shows him to be not necessarily heroic, but more of a human being. For him to portray truly heroic qualities, Winston would overcome his fear of rats. Rather, he gave in to the fear and that shows Winston merely being a human being.
In the society of Oceania, the Party, and Big Brother, there are no heros. Human beings are meant to be controlled. It is here in which Winston is not a hero. Rather, he is simply fulfilling his part in what Oceania wants to communicate to all of its citizens. This is seen in the final moments of the novel. Orwell develops Winston in these final moments as a broken human being. One who was crushed by the power of Big Brother, Oceania, and the Party:
A violent emotion, not fear exactly but a sort of undifferentiated excitement, flared up in him, then faded again. He stopped thinking about the war. In these days he could never fix his mind on any one subject for more than a few moments at a time. He picked up his glass and drained it at a
Orwell made Winston smith the protagonist of the story. Winston has …show more content…
He does want a change to come to oceania but, his failures are where Orwell perceives him as a representative of what it means to be human, more than what it means to be heroic. When Winston is captured, he didn’t have a brave bone in his body. He sold out his girlfriend just so he would live. It is at this point where Orwell shows him to be not necessarily heroic, but more of a human being. For him to portray truly heroic qualities, Winston would overcome his fear of rats. Rather, he gave in to the fear and that shows Winston merely being a human being.
In the society of Oceania, the Party, and Big Brother, there are no heros. Human beings are meant to be controlled. It is here in which Winston is not a hero. Rather, he is simply fulfilling his part in what Oceania wants to communicate to all of its citizens. This is seen in the final moments of the novel. Orwell develops Winston in these final moments as a broken human being. One who was crushed by the power of Big Brother, Oceania, and the Party:
A violent emotion, not fear exactly but a sort of undifferentiated excitement, flared up in him, then faded again. He stopped thinking about the war. In these days he could never fix his mind on any one subject for more than a few moments at a time. He picked up his glass and drained it at a