Winston's Major Changes In The Novel 1984 By George Orwell

George Orwell is one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. 1984 is a story about the world George Orwell envisioned in the future. This futuristic world is a dystopia where the government controlled every aspect of a person’s life. In the novel1984, the main character a thirty-four year old named Winston. Winston is a rebel at heart but he does that realize it. As the story progresses Winston goes through many changes in his life. Orwell’s main character Winston became a reckless rebellious manwho no longer wrote diaries but began living his fantasies in real life. Winston’s first major change that he went from being a scared oppressed man to a brave relentless rebel. His second majorchange was that hewas no longer aware of his surroundings; he became reckless. Winston changes from being very cautious man to a careless man. Winston’s third change was that he no longer wrote in his diary but began to live it in his every day life.
Winston is a very complex man who lives in a society where he cannot think for himself. In a society wherea citizen makes the wrong expression on their face they could be killed. In a society where the most common things would cause the average man severe punishment,that is enough to scare any man. The main character Winston indeed was scared of the authorities. For instance, in the beginning of the story, when Winston begins to write in his diary his thoughts were on the very act of it being a crime. In this passage Winston thought to himself, “The thing he was about to do was to open the diary. This was not illegal (nothing was illegal, since there were no longer any laws), but if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least twenty-five ye...

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...o actions” (Orwell). Orwell is stating that Winston is no longer writing but he is allowing his actions to speak for him. Orwell is also saying that his writing was the very first step of Winston’s rebellion. Although it was small it lead to other life changing choices that eventually cost him in the end. In conclusion as time passed in the story Winston change. Winston became brave, careless, and he started to act rather than talk. Most of these changes are because of Julia, Winston’s foil. Julia sparked the change in Winston he never expected, knew how to control, or handle. Winston’s change came mostly because it was what he wanted. The changes he went through help but also hindered him. However, Winston’s change was good for Oceania. The people of Oceania finally had someone who cared and wanted to fight for them but Winston’s careless actions he got caught.