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    bound to be at least one that wants to rebel. In the novel‚ 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ all citizens of Oceania are kept under surveillance 24/7. There is no freedom in their world. However‚ not everyone is down with The Party. Winston and Julia take a different route‚ and choose to rebel against Big Brother‚ thinking they have escaped the watchful eyes of The Party. However‚ they were sadly mistaken. Big Brother sees all.Orwell’s character‚ Winston‚ is a quiet and critical thinker; Winston’s role is to overthrow

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    Character Analysis Of Winston Smith Winston is the main character in this novel and he seems to be separated from all of the other characters in the book by his thoughts. It is Winston’s uncommon character that we see unfolding as we read through the novel. He seems to be the only one set apart from the rest of the characters. Through Winston’s eyes and thoughts‚ the reader gains an idea of the new society‚ which has no place for freedom‚ truth‚ or human emotions. The uncommon Winston makes the reader

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    Winston Smith‚ the protagonist and main character in George Orwell’s novel 1984. Smith is a very important aspect of Orwell’s novel‚ because it is through his point of view that we see the world he is living in. Reading the story through Smith’s point of view helps better understand why Smith behaves the way he does. To better understand Smith one must understand smith’s role. Smith is minor member of the ruling Party in near-future London‚ Winston Smith is a thin‚ frail‚ contemplative‚ intellectual

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    The main ideas in the 20 pages talk about who is Winston Smith . Winston Smith was thirty-nine years old‚ and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle. He lived in Victory Mansions. He worked at a kilomentor away the Ministry of Truth. There are four apartment such as Minitrue‚ Minipax‚ Minlur‚ and Miniplenty. Precisely‚ the Ministry of love was the really frightening one because there are gorilla-faced guards. Also‚ Winston wrote the diary about the movie he watched. After that he thought about

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    George Orwell depicts Winston Smith as a typical individual readers can relate to the most. Though the readers aren’t physically going through what Winston went through‚ the reader can imagine the society the way the protagonist saw it. Winston shows that he is a loyal party member by working in the Ministry of Truth‚ where he changes historical records in correspondence to Big Brother’s wishes‚ regardless if the information was right or wrong. At the same time‚ Winston has an internal conflict for

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    1984 by George Orwell has many literary aspects to it. The specific ones to be analyzed are the if Winston is a hero‚ nostalgia‚ symbol of paperweight‚ conflict of truth‚ and the family dynamics of 1984. Winston is not the typical hero of the story that saves the people from oppression and tyranny. However‚ Winston isn’t a hero. A hero is supposed to face danger and overcome it through bravery and strength. Winston does not do that‚ quite the opposite is shown on page 286 when in midst of having

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    Orwell constructs Winston Smith as a protagonist that does not embody the traditional characteristics of a heroic character. He is heartfelt about his resistance‚ but Orwell creates a hero that fails. This is not the Quixotic hero‚ but rather one who is withered and weakened by the external reality. Unlike Quixote‚ the readers does not fully remember all that Winston set out to do‚ but rather recognizes in his failure likes the flawed condition of human beings. Winston is perfectly ordinary‚

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    The main character in 1984 is Winston Smith. Winston is about 39 years old‚ he doesn’t know the age for sure as his parents had been gone for most of his life and there was no record of his birth. He has rough skin surrounded by light coloured hair‚ as well as a small delicate body. On the seventh floor of Victory Mansions in London (England)‚ in the superstate of Oceania‚ Winston lives alone in an apartment. Inside his apartment he has a telescreen (television). The telescreen broadcasts news and

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    1984 About Winston

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    1984: Winston Smith The book 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ was written to poke fun at the idea of totalitarianism and utopias. A utopia is a perfect society in which there is no hate or displeasure‚ but because it is impossible to achieve‚ it is thought of as imaginary. A dystopia‚ which is 1984‚ is the opposite of a utopia and is a place with oppression‚ human suffering‚ and famine. The main character‚ Winston Smith‚ is initially against the party and big brother‚ which is totalitarianism.

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    1984 Winston Dreams

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    In the book‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ Winston dreams portrayed a lot of his real life experience. Everything that happened to him in his subconscious most likely happened in the near future. Winston dreams told the readers what was going to happen before it even happened. For Instance‚ when he had a dream that he saw Julia in the Golden Country. Then‚ later on in the book Julia gave him directions to the golden country. The insight that is given is kind of like The Giver by Lois Lowry. In the giver

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