Final 1984 Blog Post

Has Big Brother Won, Why/Why Not? 
Considering the fact that Winston submits to Big Brother in the end, Big Brother has won. Though this could be argued because Winston struck the base of Big Brother and argued its foundation. Such is the case when he says "In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy" (247). This is when Winston questions the basis of this government and when his internal conflict blossoms. 


Propose a Way that One State can be Brought Down
 Throughout George Orwell's 1984 Winston talks about how the One State could easily be brought down from action within the proles or the social classes. As well, they have been in war for years and their only power comes from them convincing their people to act as one blissfully ignorant, dystopic society. If the people revolted against this the society would be brought down because the thought police could not apprehend and kill all of them.


What do you Think Happens to Winston Smith at the End of the Novel?
They are both left alive, but with the full knowledge that the government could kill them anytime if it decided it was necessary. We're not told, however, if it happens a day after the story ends, a year later, or even whether it happens at all. The punishment they get is a living death of knowing that their lives are in the government's hands, not their own.