George Orwell: 1984

Quote (Page 141) : "They were both breathing fast. But the smile had reappeared round the corners of her mouth. She stood looking at him for an instant, then felt at the zipper of her overalls. And, yes! It was almost as in his dream. Almost as swiftly as he had imagined it, she had torn her clothes off, and when she flung them aside it was with that same magnificent gesture by which a whole civilization seemed to be annihilated." Response :  I thought that this part of the chapter was very interesting. Winston's sexual desires are finally able to be expressed. It's crazy how the Party controls even citizen's libido. Winston's wanton emotions towards Julia made him oppressed. The tone of this quote is filled with passion and unleashed desire, "And, yes! It was almost as in his dream". I can vividly imagine the scene based on the deliberate word choice, "she had torn her clothes off, and when she flung them aside". In the past, Winston was...

Quote (page 89):  " Very likely the confessions had been rewritten and rewritten until the original facts and dates no longer had the smallest significance. The past not only changed but changed continuously. What most afflicted him with the sense of nightmare was that he had never clearly understood why the huge imposture was undertaken. The immediate advantages of falsifying the past were obvious, but the ultimate motive was mysterious. He took up his pen again and wrote: I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY." Response:  Winston cannot find the motive behind the Party’s controlling actions and manipulation of records. The structure of this passage was interesting because when Winston wrote in the journal the text showcased how he wrote the text. " I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY" t he uppercase letters of the words how and why really put emphasis on the topic. This passage is very important to the whole plot of the story because it shows how mis...

Quote (page 28): " The sacred principles of Ingsoc: Newspeak, doublethink, the mutability of the past. He felt as though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the monster. He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable. What certainty had he that a single human creature now living was on his side? And what way of knowing that the dominion of the Party would not endure forever?" Response: Winston is in a corner and trapped in regards to the Party's ridiculous ideology. This abstract issue eventually leads to the protagonist's end.  This passage quite caught my interest "   though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the monster", this sentence really showcases the turmoil of his thoughts and his conception of reality. The tone of the passage screams a dire need of change in the protagonist life. With this passage, the r...