How Is Winston Justified In The Book 1984 By George Orwell

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I would like to welcome the judge and jury to the case of Winston Smith. The party has recently switched to a democratic-principled party which comes with many opportunities. However, Winston Smith serves jail time for charges that don't fall under human rights. I am here today to prove that winston’s innocence needs to be justified. Due to the change in government Winston on fault of o'brien and party members was treated inhumanely and needs justice.

In article 12 it states that no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, nor to attacks upon honour and reputation. Winston does his thinking in the comfort of his own home or a private room with Julia. The telescreens placed in homes are a violation of privacy for someone who doesn't have any prior offences. Due to winston never having an encounter breaking the law this conflicts with arbitrary interference. Thought Police conflict on this subject as well due to the fact of invading a private thought without a reason. In a human society everyone is subject to different thoughts and punishing someone for one is inhumane

The telescreen invades human rights due to privacy under arbitrary interference. “Any sound that Winston made, above …show more content…

‘In your case,’ said O’Brien, ‘the worst thing in the world happens to be rats.’ (orwell 358). This punishment degrades someone designed to make them feel weak and in need. Winston not only suffered starvation but pain infliction. O’brien asked Winston a certain question such as “2+2”, O’brien wanted Winston to fully believe the answer equals 5 however Winston knows the answer is 4. A pain scale inflicted pain onto Winston as he still believed that “2+2=4”. A pain scale ruins a persons mind making them believe anything to make it stop. Therefore this punishment is believed to be cruel and unusual according to the human rights

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