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Originally Posted by Tyler Durden

From what I get from having read this book multiple times (for pleasure), I feel the only outliers are Winston and Julia. The rest have all been "converted" to The Party. Winston and Julia are the only ones who acted on their impulses to deliberately defy The Party knowing full well the consequences of their actions.

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Why would the Inner Party go to such lengths in the Ministry of Love and elsewhere unless many are defying the party, if only in small ways like the promiscuous Julia? Surely her very many sexual partners are also defying the Inner Party. Winston's holding cell in the Ministry of Love was full, but how many such cells are there in that huge building and how many equivalents of Room 101? The extent of unrest in the Outer Party is obvious from the time and effort spent in quelling it - even planting Charrington and installing and monitoring telescreens in prole territory.

Are the rest of the Outer Party 'converted'? Fear obviously inhibits any member from showing even a hint of defiance, and Orwell only gives us insight into the mindset of the small circle around Winston. Surely these few members are representative of the other six million. And only a minority resemble compliant and stupid Parsons in adoring the totalitarian regime.

Winston acts to defy the party because he is representative of a large, but shrinking, remnant who remember life before INGSOC. Significantly Winston is a dreamer and a fool because resistance is useless. Julia, and all her pragmatic peers, well understand that the Party is now invulnerable. They do what they can to make life more bearable with no thought of outright rebellion.

If Winston and Julia were "the only ones who acted on their impulses to deliberately defy The Party" and all others compliant zombies, then 1984 would be much less than the thoroughly grim book it is. The politics of 1984 are poison.

I need help with writing the outline for my literary criticism paper on 1984. I really just need an example so I can see how it should look. I had found one I wanted to use when I was doing my thesis statement but I don't know where it is anymore.

The theme I am working on is the government taking away the life of the citizens' through the use of psychological and physical torture, constantly changing past and present information, and narrowing the language with newspeak and the concept of doublethink. I'm not even sure which order these should go in.

I actually like and hate this book because it makes me think so much to the point where I overthink the whole thing so I really want to do good on this. I had a similar problem with my thesis statement.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

i have to write an essay and its due tomorrow.Orwell seemed to predicted some developement correctly, but seemed to miss the mark on other developments in history and science. What did he foresee correctly? What did he foresee incorrectly?

Check the other thread - I hope I've given you a couple of pointers.

This thread looks like t hasn't been posted on in a while but I have a question.

I know that many of the places in 1984 correspond to actual places in London and I was wondering if Victory Square corresponds to an actual square in London?

I am currently only on Book II, but I am very confused as to what the significance of O'Brian is? He keeps coming up in Winston's thoughts and he is caught trying to please him. Is there something I missed because Winston has only seen him a few times over twelve years so why is he so interested in O'Brian? Will he later become an important part of the plot? Thank you!