Winston Smith In George Orwell's 1984

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Winston Smith, the protagonist of 1984, is so real, so human-like, that readers are able to identify with him and imagining themselves in his place. Perhaps Winston portrays the emphasis for today’s readers, who can imagine the society Winston lives in- one that values technology over humanity. Winston is represented as a kind of innocent in a world gone completely wrong, for it is solely through him that the reader is able to comprehend and experience the suffering that exists in the totalitarian society of Oceania. Winston’s life is replete with pain and misery, even with the experience of a brief time of happiness and love; there is always something that pulls his down to “reality”. Orwell makes clear that there is no happy ending; totalitarianism does not permit such an ending; for Winston must be crushed. Else, if Winston were to create and live in the paradise, Orwell would not have successfully showed the true nature of totalitarian government. …show more content…

“Winston” implies the deviation of Winston Churchill, the exalted leader during the period of wartime in England. “Smith” is the most prevalent surname in the English world, also derived from the original English term, smitan, meaning to “smite” or “strike”. As intended, Orwell inexplicitly portrays Winston Smith as an ordinary human being who makes fearless efforts in inexorable circumstances. He is ordinary, yet in some way, somehow, he contorts the strength to merely attempt of make circumstances better. It is safe to state, that Winston represents the feelings in every human being, and it is for this reason that a reader hopes that things will change. Whatever the “things” may be, Orwell characterizes Winston as a complete being that supplies the reader a stake in the outcome of the

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