lunes, 20 de febrero de 2012

HOW CAN I HELP SEEING WHAT IS IN FRONT OF MY EYES? TWO AND TWO ARE FOUR!


This sentences are said by the main character of 1984, Winston Smith, while he is being tortured by O'Brien to tell him what he wants to hear, that  if the Party says two and two are five, he must say two and two are five.

Moreover, O'Brien wants to make him believe what he says, he tries to get inside his ead so that he can be "openminded" and he accepts everything the Big Brother says is true. So he keeps asking over and over te same question, making him suffer more and more pain everytime he said something "wrong".


In the end of the story, we can see how bad has Winston been changed, as he loves the Big Brother and even tears of emotion come to his eyes when he just sees his picture. 

THEY CAN'T GET INSIDE YOU

This quotation is said by Julia on chapter six, on the second part of the book 1984, written by George Orwell.  Dhe says this sentence to convince Winston that the Thought Police could make you say anything they wanted, but they couldn't make oyu believe it.

Furthermore, she believes that the Thought Police couldn't make them betray themselves, because their love was above all the tortures and pains they could make them suffer. With this sentences, Winston starts believing a little more in their relationship, and this makes them stronger.

However, as the story continues and comes to its end, we can see that this sentence was not that true, as both of them betray the other one at the end, to save their own life. Because as O'Brien said, you only care about yourself.

To conclude I'd like to say that I don't agree with this part of the book. In my opinion, there are some kinds of love people consider more important than their own life, for example the love a mother feels for her child, and I think that many people would rather die before betraying their families.

DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER

This quotation appears on the first chapter of 1984, by George Orwell. It is written down
several times by Winston Smith, the main character, in his diary. He writes it because he is fed up with the political organisation of te Party and how they make people dissapear and vaporise of everyone else's life.

Moreover, Winston believes that there's something wrong with how the country works. He can see that many things the Party and the Big Brother say are not correct, and he understands that they aren't perfect, although they want to.

Nevertheless, at this point of the story he is still worried that the Thought Police can catch him, and torture him. He knows the consequences of being a "thought criminal", and he doesn't want to suffer them.

To conclude I'd like to say that I've chosen this sentence above all the others because in my opinion it reflects the firsts feelings Winston has against the Party, and of course, Big Brother, and I think it's kind of weird to compare this feelings with the ones te main character has at the end of the book.