1984: Summary

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he is ethical and the Party is unjust but it is left up to the readers
discretion to decide whether he is the criminal or just a victim of a
totalitarian society. The first instance of Winstons "criminal" nature was
when he bought an illegal journal, quill and bottle of ink to record his
thoughts. Although he had so called "criminal" thoughts before, the journal
seemed to bring out the more daring ideas in him as to how to get free from
the Party's reign. This all indirectly led to his meeting with a woman
called Julia who shared his feelings and was either very brave or very
foolish because she was more open then he about her feelings. I believe
that these and the other actions following his initial "criminal" offence
are justified and that Winston Smith is not a "criminal".

My first set of examples as to the flaws in the Party government are how
they pitted family members against each other, and how the true nature of
the family was destroyed because of this. The controlling ...

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brought sex down to a level where the general public was repulsed by the
thought via the anti-sex league. The public continued having sex as it was
the will of the Party that people must reproduce. The degradation of sex
also kept the married and unmarried alike brimming with energy for hate
week, war marches and other fascist public activities which the people had
to attend. A specific example of the degradation of sex in Winston's life
was the account he made in his journal of his wife's attitude towards sex
and how she cringed at his touch. She called sex "our duty to the Party" or
"making a baby". Because of his wife, he became as repulsed at the idea of
sex with her as she ...

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