Topic choice # 1 - Characters (8-10 sentences)
The book I am reading is called 1984 by George Orwell. The main characters so far in this book are Winston Smith, Emmanuel Goldstein, and Big Brother. Winston Smith is important because he is the protagonist in the story of a overly involved government. Goldstein is the opponent of Big Brother leading Oceania towards his group the Brotherhood. Big Brother is a god-like figure for the people of Oceania and acts like a symbol of power. Big Brother is not a person but merely an imbodiment of his party. Winston is a dynamic character in the story. For example , he did not agree with Big Brother but he did not do anything about it. In the text, "Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference"(pg. 24).This means no matter what he did it would be useless to him either way. But he slowly changes throughout the story thinking he could find safe spots to avoid the government and disobey it. This was said in (pg. 36). "Now he had recognized himself as a dead man it became important to stay alive as long as possible." This explains he would not accept defeat of having the government or parties cintrol everything but would survive or overtake it.
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December 2016
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