Topic choice 1 -- Characters
Continuing the book, 1984 by George Orwell, new characters have appeared. Now there is Julia, O'Brien, and Goldstein. Julia is important because she is Winston's, the main character, lover. Even though everything was going well, if someone is put against their worst fear they would gladly hand their punishment to others. This was shown on page 362, "But he had suddenly understood that in the whole world there was just ONE person to whom he could transfer his punishment— ONE body that he could thrust between himself and the rats. And he was shouting frantically, over and over. ‘Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!’" He was being punished in room 101 for breaking the rules of thoughtcrime. The room changes you and punishes you with many different methods. Winston's was being tied up on a chair while being covered with rats. It worked because he stated with their love they will not convert to their methods but he frantically gave her up to face his terror. If he had not met her, the punishment would not work. To continue, O'Brien is important because he is an agent to the thoughtpolice and is completely loyal to Ingsoc and the party. He tortures Winston to cure him from his "insanity" and states reality is simply what the party says it is. On page 359, "‘By itself,’ he said, ‘pain is not always enough. There are occasions when a human being will stand out against pain, even to the point of death. But for everyone there is something unendurable—something that cannot be contemplated. Courage and cowardice are not involved." This was the scene with the rats. Finally, Goldstein is important because he is the leader of the Brotherhood which one of the two opposing forces in Oceania. He is a partner with O'Brien leading Winston through the process of changing. These are the rest of the main characters.
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