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Essay / WINSTON SMITH an unusual hero in a very unusual world
WINSTON SMITH-an unusual hero in a very unusual worldThe book 1984 written by George Orwell in 1948 which presents a nightmarish vision of a future where no one is inside Sheltered from BIG BROTHER's piercing eyes. No pleasure is allowed because life is boring and dark. The jobs are boring and - like you're forced to work for the party and forced to work for a leader you've never seen. Many ideas in the novel come from the end of World War II. The book was written after the World War and Orwell thought the future would be just as depressing. This is why the title is 1984, because it is the reverse of the current date it was written in and it is the way to show how bad he believes the future will be. However, in every depressing story, someone has to emerge as a hero. it’s London but not as we know it. It has grown from the capital of England to the main city of airstrip 1 on one of 3 continents: Oceania and the other two East Asia and Eurasia. Who are constantly at war with each other, or so it seems. Our hero works at the Ministry of Truth which falsifies news and media reports to cover up anti-big brother propaganda and make its leader look like a hero. He hardly seems fit to be a hero suffering from varicose ulcers and asthma - he is also very weak and frail. However, in this world, most people are like that, even women – all of them are forced to wear the drab and boring Party suits. This shows the importance given to the World War in history. The soldiers have become workers and are under the command of a high power unknown to them and working for an evil dictator ADOLF HITLER/BIG BROTHER? It seems too difficult to live in this world, because whatever you think or do, he will... middle of paper ... big twist in the story, because he seems to be a kind and helpful man. Their love for each other is expressed physically in this play, against big brother's rules, and is then used as grounds to sue them. She never betrays him until she's broken in Room 101, but the other person peeking through the Two Minutes of Hate betrays him from the start. O'Brien is the other person who peeks in and makes Winston think the revolution is coming. His look at the two minutes of hatred towards Winston made him think and plan the revolution. But then he isn't seen for a long time until he spots Winston in the hall and offers him the new dictionary, something Winston couldn't refuse. He went to his apartment inside the indoor party and, much to Winston's astonishment, loudly turned off the TV screens. So now he really believed that the revolution was going to happen and as he was given a book.