Significance Of Winston's Mother In 1984 George Orwell

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As the book continues, we learn a little bit more about the circumstances of the disappearance of Winston’s mother and sister. As a child, Winston always took more food than his share and treated his mother cruelly. Sometimes, his sister was not able to have dessert because Winston would snatch it away from her. Although one could say he was starving, Winston still feels guilty about. When Winston’s mother and sister disappeared, Winston thought it was his fault because of his selfishness and cruelty. In one dream, his mother and sister are in a sinking ship and Winston is in the sunshine. His mother and sister look as if they are going to die and suffocate, so they look up to Winston, where he is free and they are caged, but in the dream, Winston knew he could not save them, not even from the sinking ship. “They were in the saloon …show more content…

There was no reproach either in their faces or in their hearts, only the knowledge that they must die in order that he might remain alive, and that this was part of the unavoidable order of things”(Orwell 32). The odd thing to Winston was that Winston’s mother showed emotion, particularly love, and Winston didn’t show any emotion due to him not knowing how. These recurring dreams are his guilt and shame eating him alive. Winston will never be able to say “I’m sorry” to his mother or sister, which further adds on to his guilt. Although Winston does not know for sure that his mother and sister are dead, he believes he led them to their deaths. Another significant dream Winston had was with O’Brien. The reasoning behind Winston having this dream with O’Brien was due to Winston’s desire to have a deep connection with someone who also feels the same about the Party as he does. Winston feels lonely about the hatred that surrounds him for the

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