What Is The Effects Of The Party Rebellion In 1984

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In Oceania, if a member of the party commits a thought crime at any level, they get arrested, taken by “the party,” tortured, and eventually killed after they brainwash them to love big brother. Not only will the person die, but he is vaporised like he never existed. The main character in the book, Winston, had a first hand experience with the horrors of thought crime. After living a rebellious few months with his friend, Julia, he got caught in the act and went through the whole process. The party tortures the criminals and forces confessions to every crime that the convicted either did or did not commit. The party also starves them and does not allow them to sleep until injecting them with something that knocks them out. After the party …show more content…

Main characters, Winston and Julia, both increase their rebellious activity throughout the book. It all started when Winston was thinking some non positive thoughts toward the party. Once theres thoughts and emotions flooded his mind, he could not get them out or stop his new views on the corrupt world. He noticed things that never occurred to him as strange and picked up on lies the party was forcing on the people. He even bought an empty notebook from a prole shop and wrote his anti-party thoughts in it. An effective way to conduct rebellious behavior, is fit right in with the crowd for the most part and not draw any attention to oneself. Winston and Julia began to form a true relationship with one another and have meet ups where the acts performed there directly contradicted the morals of a group Julia has involvement with called the Junior Anti-sex League. The rebellion of these two eventually evolved into trying to find and join “The Brotherhood.” No one out there knew if the group really existed or if there were more people within the party that feel the same way they …show more content…

Her people took another groups bone marrow for their own benefit, killing all the people they took the fluid from. From the inside, the rebel is able to assist the other side as they engage in a war. She works closely with the enemy of her people. She, like Winston and Julia in 1984, had to act very discreetly and be sure to not draw any attention to herself, for the consequences of betrayal is death. Although these two works, 1984 and The 100, were written about 75 years apart, the similarities are clear. Both stories showed tough consequences, strong loyalty, and epic rebellion minds. Whether the creators could see these lifestyles being a reality or they were meant to be pure fiction, the distinct resemblance between the two dystopian stories show what characteristics most works of this genre may have, no matter the way of presenting from novels to

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