1984 comments

So I have only read a few pages ahead and it's not enough to post a long blog, but in my last blog I didn't comment about the sex journal entry Winston wrote because I thought it deserved it own blog.

So from 63-70 Winston is writing in his journal about a "experience" he isn't so proud of. So he went to some place .. I'm not sure where... and he ends up seeing this prostitute. And he has sex with her. The issues were

1. It's illegal
2. She was about 50, in other words she was old.

Now prostitution isn't that big of a crime, and that was a little surprise to me to be quite honest. but my question is what exactly..or whom exactly are the proles they have been talking about. That is the part that has been confusing me. Hopefully it will be explained more later, but why do proles get more freedom then anybody else? Is it like a ghetto? I don't understand.

" If there is hope [wrote Winston] it lies in the proles ." pg 69

Also, I find it saddening that Winston had to gain sexual satisfaction from a prostitute instead of his wife. In this book, just like in life, sex is a big part I'm guessing. And Winston is also a man. So I don't understand why they would try to make sex get out of the picture in this society. I mean in this messed up society I would think sex would be okay.. but I suppose it's that part of controlling the people.

1984 pages 24-75

So far I have read up to page 75 and have lots of questions I'd like to write down here before I forget.

Okay so far a few characters have been introduced such as Syme and Parsons. Now Syme is a part of an editing team of some sort where they will work on destroying the english language by making it contain the least amount of words it can possibly have. This idea amazed me so much because I have never even thought of this as an idea of mass control. This society is starting to irritate me. I'm still curious to the background history of Oceania because it's history is full of lies so I want to see the TRUTH. This society is crazy in my opinion. The children are ratting out their parents if they have to, the living conditions are horrible, no one is your friend, and everything you hear is just a lie.

Something else I am curious about is Winston's dreams. Why did his mother die? (or so he believes) And where did his sister go? What was Winston's childhood like? Did she really die? Who did Wintson grow up with?

Now another question I have is WHO IS THE GIRL WITH THE DARK HAIR? My possible theories is that she's a rebel or that maybe she is his sister?

1984 pages 1- 24

Though I have not completed chapter 2 I have a lot of thoughts about 1984 so far. Society these days have been known to have lots of known and very supported theories about the current events of our history and the acts of our government. So far with 1984 it clearly states a possible world that we may soon experience.

1984 starts off with a story of a man name Winston who lives in a "utopia"; (or negative utopia), where it is ran by this idea of a leader known as "Big Brother." But Winston goes out and writes a little diary entry, which is not allowed. This idea surprised me, because I would never suspect that writing a diary would be "bad," but with the idea of total control it's understandable why it is not allowed. (People can write down things against their government.

Another thing I would like to write down before I forget is the order of their government. Winston works in the Ministry of Truth which seems to be where their government is organized. Their are different ministries which include :

1. The Ministry of truth - deals with news, education, fine arts, and entertainment
2. The Ministry of Peace - Concerns itself with WAR. How ironic.
3. The Ministry of Love - Deals with law and order - most dangerous
4. The Ministry of Plenty - deals with economic affairs

The exciting part I read was the structure of the Ministry of Truth. It was depicted as a large pyramidal structure. (pg 4) This could symbolize the past Egyptian symbolism in wealth and power, and god like desires, but I don't know if this is relevant to the story. The fascinating part is that pyramids are the basic symbol for modern day conspiracy theories! Coincidence?

Now I would like to go on with the whole structure of Big Brother who is against a man name Goldstein who praises current democratic ideas such as freedom of speech. Now I am wondering is Big Brother one person? Or is Big Brother a group of people? Their or his/her slogan is :

" WAR IS PEACE

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"

Now what I wonder is how can anybody POSSIBLY believe that is the way of life? The society is brainwashing kids to point out suspected traitors and training them to be slaves to their system from what I have read. And even the adults are experiencing brainwashing. Winston DOES dislike, or even hate Big Brother which is shown on page 18 when he wrote "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" subconsciously. BUT he still joined the gang of people who went out and praised Big Brother. And to conclude this long blog about my ideas so far is that Winston had an experience, or connection with a man named O'Brien who showed a facial expression similar to Winston which expressed their hate for Big Brother. Now I will update to see if O'Brien is trustable...