Big Brother and Winston essays

Big Brother and Winston essays Freedom is a basic desire of human nature. Many novels are written about men who want freedom so much that they would die for it. However, many countries today are not free. For example, the war in Iraq is about trying to free people from oppression. Before the war, Iraq was like Big Brother and no one had any freedom. George Orwell wrote 1984 to show that governments that take freedom away from its citizens are evil. He used three characters to illustrate this evil: Parsons, Mr. Charrington, and OBrien. Parsons is a fat and obnoxious member of the Party. He works at the Ministry of Truth. His job is to conduct propaganda and historical revisionism. His wife is rather stupid and his children have no manners. They are also member of the Junior Spies who spy on adults (especially their parents) and report any disloyalty to the Party. Next, Mr. Carrington is an old man who runs a secondhand store in the prole district. He seems to be nice to Winston and Julia. He also seems to support Winstons rebellion against the Party. However, no one in Winstons world is who he seems to be. In reality Mr. Carrington is a member of the Thought Police. Winston even tried to catch the attention of the Thought Police by writing Big Brother is Watching You in his diary. Finally, the most evil character is OBrien. He is a member of the Inner Party, and he makes Winston believes that he is rebellious, too. The revolutionary group called the Brotherhood is what Winston wants to join, and he thinks OBrien can get him into it. Instead, OBrien abuses and brainwashes Winston and turns him into a loyal subject of Big Brother. In conclusion, Winstons downfall was mainly caused by his paranoia about the Party. However, the evil characters of Parsons, Mr. Charrington, and OBrien manipulate Winstons downfall. Freedom is something that Winston will never exper...