1984 - connection to me

What if you are Winston in the story? What would you do? Would you try to change the government?
If I am Winston in the story, I wouldn’t just go out and go against the government without any plan. First I will pretend I am on Big Brother’s side and serve him. Obey everyone from thought police and Inner Party. Soon or later if no one can read my mind, I will be part of Inner Party. The higher position I am, more freedom I get. On the way to be part of Inner Party, I will meet many people. Among them, there will be people who are against Big Brother. I will gather them secretly and prepare for revolution. If I have good leadership, more and more people will gather around me and I will have more power. If I am careful enough and don’t have any spies in my group, soon or later I will meet Big Brother if he even exist and probably murder him. If he doesn’t exist I will probably tell the whole nation that there Big Brother doesn’t exist. Then the whole nation will be confused and be in chaos. Meanwhile I will get my group ready and attack the Inner Party. It’s like gambling but better than not trying anything. If this doesn’t work, I will bite my tongue and die. I will be the only one who will be blamed for doing this not others. Many leaders have tried this. It didn’t always work out but I think it worth a try. If I don’t make it to the end, someone might be motivated of what I did and try other plan. Giving up before even trying is stupid.

1984 - settings

There were lots of settings in the novel 1984. The most disgusting room is “Room 101.” This is the room where you get torture by your horror. Not anything physical but horror that is inside of you. Sometimes horror can make people crazy and takes over control of bodies. That is why people see ghosts if they really believe and be scared. I haven’t been really tortured by something I hate. If I had seen ghost, which I am most afraid of, I probably had ended up in mental hospital. I would never ever want to end up in Room 101. I always thought room 101 will be filled with torture machine like Chinese water torture or putting them into small box where they can’t even move at all. That guy who invented “Room 101” is a genius!
Also most beautiful place in 1984 is church where Julia had taken Winston. There weren’t any telescreen to watch them (I guess), and they were free to do whatever they want. That place is one of the few places that don’t have any telescreen. Places like this were really hard to find because telescreen was basically everywhere. I think that is why that makes this place meaningful and beautiful. Even now days there are cameras everywhere. Only place that doesn’t have camera is bathroom. I had many memories in bathroom when I was young. That was the only place me and my friends were allowed to play and yell besides outside. The place where Julia found will have many memories as my memories in bathroom. If the place has lots of memories, then that place is memorable and important to you. For me, PAHS is more memorable than my house.

1984 - significant passage

"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'" —pg 32
If every people believe 1+1=3, then it is true. Whoever discovered or made it first gets to justify what truth is. The first person who made one plus one equals two got to spread the truth that he made and has been passed down since now. This world is made up with rules and laws. If the first person decides to use pen as an ear-pick than it probably had been ear-pick. Even naming is a law that was made. If the person who made the first desk decides to call chair instead of desk, then we probably had called it chair. So whoever made it first in the past gets to control the present and future. I think that is one of this reasons why people want to invent their own product. Even species people name after their name. If you find new species or an animal you get to be the one who gives the name. This passage teaches somewhat life lesson. Right at this moment can be present to be but when this blog is posted it will be past. Whatever you do now will be the past. To control the future you should control your decisions that you make right now which will eventually become past. Don’t make stupid decisions that can ruin your future. Think before you act.


Passage from: http://www.gerenser.com/1984/quote.html

1984 - Mood of the novel

The mood of this novel is very dark. Since this is novel that has theme of dystopia, it can’t be bright. It’s even sad in a way. Winston is always being watched and he has to face the big, strong government under watch. People are forced to think and act how the government wants them to act. This means no individual freedom at all. How can the world be happy and bright if there aren’t any freedoms at all? This book also shows what will the world like if we don’t fight for our freedom. We won’t be humans, but animals doing what the master tells us. Thinking the world like 1984 can really exist, it makes me depressed and reminds me the importance of freedom and fighting for your own opinion. If there is a country like 1984 Oceania, it will be horrible. If you are not brainwashed, everyday will be like living in a cell with no friends. Your every move is being watched, your every word is being heard, and every people you meet are in danger. Will it be horrible? I ratter suicide or be brainwashed and think nothing. I will be depressed, sad, and dark like the mood of this novel. There isn’t any future to his country unless citizens really stand up and willing to change what has been on the country for long time. This country can exist if people give up fighting. Don’t give government full power where they take away everything you have within second. Who wants to live in the world like this?

1984 - Climax

Climax is when the conflict or problem needs to be solved the one way or the other. The novel 1984's climax is when O'Brien tells Winston that he is one of the thought police and tortures him. Winston and Julia always believed that O'Brien is on their side because of all his kindness and gentleness, but at the end everything was incorrect. When I first read this book it was boring, but when this turn over happened the novel was total different book. It was thrilling, exciting, and even nervous. When Winston was being tortured by O'Brien it even made me sweat on my hand. I just wished O'Brien can be the nice one again and stop torture Winston. He was the one who was behind this whole plan to get Winston in trouble and brainwash him. From the beginning, he told Winston the place where they weren't any telescreen and tried to fake Winston, but actually there was telescreen and he watched every single move of Winston. In the climax, he gets caught by O'Brien and be tortured to death. Later, his mind just corrupts and just believes everything that O'Brien says to him (Brainwash). If he says 1+1=3, then it is 3. Before brainwash, when others forced him to think the answer is 3, he believed his own faith and said it was 2, which is the right answer. After that being tortured by his weakness, rat, he betrays Julia. I really enjoyed this book. Not because of the dystopia that this novel contains, but the turn over makes me just dig in more to the novel.

1984 - main character

The main character of this story was Winston Smith, Julia, and O’Brien. At the beginning of this story, Winston stood up for himself and he tried to fight against the tyrannical government. He never gave up what he thought it was right and he tried hard to go destroy the government. Unfortunately, towards the end he failed to destroy the government. The person who he thought was against the government was actually head of the party, and woman he loved betrayed him. Later, he was tortured by O’Brien and ended up giving up his own will. At the beginning I liked him but he ended up being same person like rest of the crowd. He gave up himself because he couldn’t overcome his fear. The main characters should be more strong and brave to overcome any hardships they face. Julia on the other hand, I didn’t like her from the beginning. The women in the stories are bad in most of the stories. When Julia betrayed Winston, I had pity for him. If they really loved each other, they shouldn’t betray. They should try everything to save the lover from danger. O’Brien was nice guy at the beginning and helped Winston. At the end, he betrays Winston and tortures him head to toes. I really don’t like antagonists who make main character weaker. In most stories protagonist grow by facing antagonist but this novel was really different. Protagonist gave up under power of antagonist. All these main characters show what true humans are like. Humans are dirty, selfish, and irresponsible. In stories authors make main characters grow stronger as they face challenges but average humans grow weaker as they face challenges. I think even animals are better than some of the humans.

1984 - connection between our world and novel

The novel 1984 is actually close related to our world. Like people who lives in 1984, we are being watched too. The situation is not serious as the novel but the fact that we are being watched doesn't change. If we go to the big store, then they probably have cameras in the store to see if we are doing something suspicious. The more the world develop, technique of crimes are developed too. To prevent those crimes we install more and more cameras and concealed microphones to watch people. If this situation continues for a long time, our world will not be different from world in 1984. No matter where we go, there are always people who will watch us. Nothing is secret on this world, nothing is safe anymore. If there aren’t any safe places, that means there are people in every places who can watch you. The novel also mentions that we should stand for our own and don’t only follow popular opinions. This world is changing more to tyrannical government because people wouldn’t stand up for their own opinion. If you think something is really not right, stand for your own opinion. Societies grow when people share their opinion and come up with better options for this world. To prevent government to be tyrannical government, don’t just think government is always right. Don’t give government full power. They will do everything to take over all the power from citizen. To not to give them a full power over country, we formed government called democracy and I think it should continue.

1984 - major theme

The novel 1984 is about what the world will be like if our actions are being watched and restricted. We can't do anything private and our every move is watched by people in Party. If we try to do anything that can harm the party, they will find us can be put into a torture to brainwash. Can world like this exist? The answer is yes. Moreover, we actually live in the world like this. The cameras are installed in buildings, outside, and even in the houses. The novel Digital Fortress focused on the similar situation where it says governments can read what we have sent through e-mail. As a result the government ended up self-destructing themselves. In 1984, people failed to defend themselves from tyrannical governments. More, most of the people gave up thinking on their own, and just thought and acted how government wanted them to act but Winston was different. The Inner Party takes control of people's life, even including love. In controversy, Winston fell in love and he remained as a thinking person. Later, they had to crush him to stop him from thinking. This happened all because of tyranny of the governments.
The governments tried to take control of everything, do every thing they want to do, and take everything what they want. This kind of government can take a control over us if we stop thinking. As a teenager who goes to school, I should try to think in critical way. Just don’t follow the crowd’s opinion or action but follow what I think is right. In modern society technology takes big part of our life. If we only depend on the technology, one day the machines are going to take over our world and we will serve as a slave.