In George Orwell's 1984, Winston Smith is a man living in a totalitarian society where the government, led by Big Brother, controls every aspect of life. Winston works as a clerk in the Ministry of Truth, where he is responsible for rewriting history to fit the government's narrative. Despite the constant surveillance and propaganda, Winston is able to secretly keep a diary in which he writes his true thoughts and feelings. These diary entries provide a glimpse into Winston's inner thoughts and reveal the ways in which the oppressive society has affected him.
One of the first things we learn about Winston through his diary is his discontent with the society in which he lives. He writes about the constant presence of Big Brother and the Party, and how they control every aspect of people's lives. He also writes about the constant propaganda that is spewed by the Party, and how it is designed to manipulate the population into believing whatever the Party wants them to believe.
Winston is also deeply unhappy with his own life and the lack of personal freedom he has. He writes about how the Party controls every aspect of people's lives, including their relationships and even their thoughts. He longs for a life where he can be free to think and feel as he wants, without the constant fear of being punished for it.
Despite his unhappiness with the society in which he lives, Winston is not completely hopeless. He writes about his memories of a time before the Party took control, and how he sometimes feels a glimmer of hope that things could be different. He also writes about his desire to rebel against the Party, even though he knows it could mean his own death.
Overall, Winston's diary entries reveal a man who is deeply unhappy with the society in which he lives, but who still holds onto hope that things could be different. They provide a poignant look at the effects of living in a totalitarian society, and the ways in which people can resist even when the odds seem insurmountable.
1984: 1 Assignments and Journal Prompts
By the end of the novel Winston was fully transformed, his way of thinking was altered and he was brainwashed into loving Big Brother for the rest of his existence. I had a good time with him. He is in a marriage that is assigned to him. They took Julia, they tookour home, they took our rebellion, andnow I know that they'lleven takemy mind away. Winston is reluctant to do this, as there is a telescreen practically everywhere he goes, and that having a diary, or even having such thoughts as what he wrote in his diary will most definitely result in a death sentence, or at least 25 years of forced labour camp. Winston has arrived at a place where he never thought he would be. The memories of a rebellion against the Party come across as irrelevant to Winston, when before, it is all he thought about.
She tells him that her name is Julia, and tears off her Junior Anti-Sex League sash. Instead, their hope becomes a beacon leading them forward in their daily struggle against emotional and physical defeat. Obviously he spent the other night making love to Julia so she was beside him. The delusion that I could possibly still be an individual seized my absent mind. Winston breaks out into a hot sweat and tries harder to touch his toes. Over and over again filling half a page. The next morning he wakes up, admiring a woman through the window and that the proles will one day rebel against the party.
At least I wasn't just one of the masses. One morning, Winston wakes up crying in the rented room. Another year, two years, and they would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy. Winston writes this statement having just described the way in which the Party has manipulated sex, one of the basest human instincts according to Freud, into a joyless act and attempts to eliminate the orgasm. Now I know what were false memories and what is the truth.
Part of me wants to love him for the sake of loving him and for the sake of being just like every other member of the Party. He begins to cry. However, I know that the fuel of resistance has been within me longer than that. Before anyone else finds it and reads it, I hope you do. Friday January 20, 8:46 pm, My Room Can you believe what just happened? I bumped on her from the fictional department, she handed a note to me, confessing her love, we are both alike, we both hate the party and how it does its things. Maybe just like any other animal they have adapted to the bad conditions and somehow they are getting food and surviving.
These give no hope of ever leaving the sight of Big Brother. Belprez ÄŠ 1984 Summary and Analysis-Rocketbook Videos. Totalitarianism can be define as a repressive one-party that has total control over people thoughts and actions. Then I took him to the forest hide out, he seemed kind of nervous at first but it looked like he was enjoying it. I have seen the contents and I see that the book is divided into three sub books.
When someone who has offended the Party is vaporized, they are not merely killed. If you choose to read this, however, your life is about to change. In book 3 of the novel Winston is put into the Ministry of love, Where there are four big telescreens monitoring his every move. He believes that freedom is the ability to say that two plus two makes four. When Winston begins to write in his diary, he is unsure of even the year. I can feel the These thoughts infiltrate my mind. Winston Smith Part Two Though it was not my last entry, I fear this one will be.
Winston’s journal entries, posting them here as a resource if anyone needs it bc I can’t find all of Winston’s entries anywhere, tell me if I missed any. : 1984
Winston is in the worst possible position, he is in the Outer Party. But most, through the process of Doublethink, love him and trust him. This journal will contain entries on chapter 1 of sub book 1. Porcelain white walls delineate me. It is as if the Party had stopped bothering to announce the year for MANY years by now, as nobody really needed to know the date for any particular reason. I experience them at every path in life and I try to relate them to everything that is significant. Winston would love to help out but he is afraid of the fervent Parsons children who are Junior Spies and accuse him of thought crime.
Friday January 06, 9:47 pm, My Room I just came back from Delhi today and was glad to be greeted by the warm air of Bangkok. Then, the remaining ashes were sifted through to find any valuable items which were put into a bank. He often dreams of this woman he is infatuated with. More importantly, he knew he committed a crime and that it was inevitable. Executing their plan, Winston and the girl meet in the country.
The ovens were long so it could hold many victims at one time. Sunday January 15, 1:23 pm, My Room My mom always tells me that happiness and sadness both have an equal amount of shares in life. But Big Brother's power is vast, and it is more likely that, if you've read this far, you know and actively fear Big Brother. You might be wondering why I am stating this here. And, now that I am free to do what I like, I know what "Freedom Is Slavery" means.
After some time, Winston reads the book to Julia and explains to her about the control of history that has been taking place in the nation and how the Party is using it as a tool against the people. This guy sure creeps me out but at the same time, he amazes me at each step. I think that the behaviour of the audience is disgusting, and in our society today, that is considered abnormal. Winston and Julia elope to a room above an old antique shop owned by Mr. Winston has also been thinking a lot about the room above Mr.