CHARACRTERS IN 1984

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WINSTON

  • small, frail figure compulsory blue party uniform
  • 39 fair hair red face 
  • varicose ulcer right ankle
  • alters records-
  • comes to value proles
  • more intellectual than others
  • SMITH SURNAME=establishes him as an everyday figure
  • WINSTON=INTENDED REFRENCE=CHURCHILL-KNOWN FOR REISTNACE TO EVIL
  • OR IRONIC AS ULTIAMELTY FAILS TO RESIST
  • perosnality develops when parts of past emerge
  • BUT END REPLACED BY SUPERFICILA CONFROMIST PEROSNALITY 
  • RIGHT FROM BEGINNING FORESEES FATEFUL OUTCOME 
  • JULAI=REBELS ONLY FOR PLEAURE 
  • VS WINSTON PENSIVE AND CURIOUS-WANTS TO UNDERTAND PARTYS MOTIVES 
  • IS HE A RELIABLE NARRATOR?
  • third perosn free indircet dis=get an internal and externla experince of liing in regime 
  • 'he' as oppose to 'i'=narrative simultanosuly describes thoughts and feelings whilsy commenting on them
  • SWITCH BETWEEN LIMITED PERSPECTIVE AND GREATER CONETXT
  • WE LEARN ABOUT WORKINGS OF MINISTRY OF TRUTH VIA WINSTONS VIEW=NOT TRUYLY RELIABLE 
  • GLDSTEINS MANIFESTO=CONTAINS POLTICAL ANALYSIS HOW OCEANIA FUCNTIONMS 
  • =ORWELL USES THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT VIEW=to deepen poltical crique on 1984

O'BRIEN

  • we onyl get glimpse of party mebers lives via winstons view
  • =alot of partys inner workings remain unexplained as do motives of leaders=this sense of mystery cenralised in chcrcater of obrien
  • INITIALLY TRICKS WINSTON MEMEBER OF BROTHERHOOD 
  • he undevelops as novel progresses
  • we know less about him-winston asks if he too been caotured by party-obrine 'they got me long ago'-was he rebllious/cpatured into passive acceotnace?
  • does brotherhood exist?-or party invention tool-to trap the diloyal
  • chap one 'burly and thick necked'
  • haitually readujusts glasses on…

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