*1984 Question 3

Who are the main characters in the novel? do you like them? why or why not? what is special about them? what do they reveal about the universal human experience?

Winston Smith is the protagonist in this novel, 1984. He is a minor member of the ruling Party in London; he is thin, frail, contemplative, intellectual, and fatalistic. A thirty-nine-year-old man, Winston, hated the totalitarianism and hides his revolutionary dreams since he doesn’t have any power. Julia is Winston’s lover. She is beautiful dark-haired girl working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth; she claims to have had affairs with many Party members. An optimistic woman, Julia, has her own enjoyable rebellion against the Party contrasting to Winston’s. O’ Brien is a mysterious, but powerful character who is the member of the inner Party. He is the one whom Winston believes in. Even though Big Brother never appears in the novel, he plays a crucial role in this novel because he is the ruler of Oceania; he is the one who governs totalitarianism. He interfere Winston’s life a lot and makes him feel hatred towards him. Mr. Charrington is a member of the Thought Police; he is also the one who seems like supporting the relationship with Julia and Winston and rents a room without a telescreen to carry on their affair. I don't like any of them at all because they are all evil humans. They only think about themselves except for Winston. But, Winston is too dumb as a reader. Winston gets betrayed from everyone and he is the symbol of us, outer party person. Julia and O' Brien are Inner Party people, which means they are in a higher level than Winston. Big Brother is like president No of our country. Winston is like us and Julia and O' Brien are like the governors in our society.