Winston from “1984”
Winston Smith is a man who corresponds to the INGSOC society. Winston lives in near-future London in the novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” and he has thoughts that he is afraid to express to anyone. Being terrified in such a horrific world is not permitted, and Winston is. He is the main character in the story, describing what he sees around him. As a result, Winston chooses to write in his book what he thinks or wants to convey instead. Winston lost his mother young, making him not appreciate feelings toward women. Because of that, he is very sexist and misogynistic towards women, in the book, it is expressed that, “he would tie her naked to a stake and shoot her full of arrows like Saint Sebastian” (Orwell 17). In his day-to-day life, a telescreen is always watching him, and even the slightest murmur he makes is picked up by it. Smith works in the truth pyramid in the records department, where he re-writes history. He is described to be approximately forty years old, Caucasian and wears overalls daily. Because he works in re-writing history, he knows what has happened and what type of propaganda the government is displaying against the citizens of Airspace 1, which was once called Great Britain. He is rebellious and does not appreciate or agree with how the world is run in a dystopian civilization. Winston represents the fight for liberty and the unbreakable spirit of resistance to an all-encompassing totalitarian dictatorship.
Prompt: Describe a man who is a thirty-nine year olds and poor in health. He lives in a dystopian society and wears overalls on a daily and lives in the city London.
May 10th, 2023 at 12:41 pm
Great job describing the protagonist, Winston Smith from the novel “1984.” In addition to the descriptors, your quotation was properly integrated (lead-in, quotation and reference).
What a neat picture, kind of how I could imagine it being!
Thank you,
Mr. Barazzuol
English Teacher