Rizzelet
07-22-2008, 05:43 AM
Hi
We are currently studying 1984 in my high school English class and we had an interesting question to answer about the character Winston Smith for homework.
What is the purpose of Winston's observations of other prisoners in the Ministry of Love?
The answers from the class were widely mixed and thought it would be beneficial to hear what people on this forum had to say about this question.
Personally, I thought that his observations were included by Orwell to emphasize the difference between the usual rebellious type (such as an exaggerated version of Julia) and Winston himself. I felt that throughout the book Winston displayed a more intellectual standpoint in the way he disobeyed the Party and that he committed thought crime more for his own fatalistic purposes instead of simply because of his hate for the Party and Big Brother.
Any comments would be much appreciated, thanks.
We are currently studying 1984 in my high school English class and we had an interesting question to answer about the character Winston Smith for homework.
What is the purpose of Winston's observations of other prisoners in the Ministry of Love?
The answers from the class were widely mixed and thought it would be beneficial to hear what people on this forum had to say about this question.
Personally, I thought that his observations were included by Orwell to emphasize the difference between the usual rebellious type (such as an exaggerated version of Julia) and Winston himself. I felt that throughout the book Winston displayed a more intellectual standpoint in the way he disobeyed the Party and that he committed thought crime more for his own fatalistic purposes instead of simply because of his hate for the Party and Big Brother.
Any comments would be much appreciated, thanks.