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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Choose one passage and evaluate it

"1984"
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears, It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him, the ease with which any Party intellectual would overthrow him in debate, the subtle arguments which he would not be able to understand, much less answer. And yet he was in the right! They were wrong and he was right. The obvious, the silly, and the true had got to be defended. Truisms are true, hold on to that! The solid is wet, objects unsupported fall toward the earth's center. With the feeling that he was speaking to O'Briend, and also that he was setting forth an important axiom, he wrote: Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four, If that is granted, all else follows."

This is when Winston was very frustrated that he couldn't do anything, and looked to the diary as only way to express his feelings. At that time, he had thought that O'Brien was on his side, and wanted to somehow have a conversation with him about the rebellion, and all of the other things that had to do with the Inner Party. The last sentence of this passage really made me think. It made me realize how beautiful the concept of freedom is, and how blessed I am to be able to live with such a priviledge. Winston was basically dying for freedom. He didn't like the fact that his every move was being watched, and that thinking is crime. Winston was talking about if the government says that two plus two equals five, then it is five. By writing the last sentence in the diary, I think Winston means that if the government is wrong, if should be allowed to correct them, not live in the way of their errors.

2 comments:

shinyena21 said...
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shinyena21 said...

I really like the passage you've chosen. =) The last sentence of it made me ponder too about the real meaning of freedom and how grateful it is to think and act freely without anyone's scrutinization. No one in this world would like to be watched by people whom they have never met! I was sad how Winston could express his honest feelings and emotions only in his small diary. I felt sorry for Winston when I found out that he was completely deceived by O'Brien, whom Winston thought was his only companion sharing his idea of the world of 1984, and I'm pretty sure you did too.
Good job!