Book 3 Chapter 4-6

"He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother" (Pg. 245)

Response:

                 I've never actually discovered an ideal ending of a story. At least for me there is no such thing as an ideal ending. In 1984, Winston survived room 101, the living hell room. But did he really survive? No. Physically he was fine, but mentally he was dead. The character was basically dead. He no longer possessed any beliefs or original opinions. He longer had any more freedom. It just ruined the entire story, and made me get a little agitated because all the development of the character was just gone, and the whole story turned 180 degrees. I would still be unsatisfied even if Winston died with his beliefs, but watching him lose his individuality was kind of worse in a way. In essence, I lost interest in the book and hated the ending. Maybe if it had an ending where Winston creates a secret underground movement and dies from lukimia a couple years later, or something like that, would provide satisfaction for me. But as far as how things ended, my ratings went down to 3.9 stars. 

Book 3 Chapter 1-3

"Do anything to me!" he yelled. "You've been starving me for weeks. Finish it off and let me die. Shoot me. Hang me. Sentence me to twenty-five years. Is there somebody else you want me to give away? Just say who it is and I’ll tell you anything you want. I don't care who it is or what you do to them. I've got a wife and three children. The biggest of them isn't six years old. You can take the whole lot of them and cut their throats in front of my eyes, and I'll stand by and watch it. But not Room 101!" (Pg. 195)

Response:

                  Ah, room 101. I find a lot of irony in that. 101 is supposed to represent basics. But in this story it represents the intermediates, radicals and the most extreme. You might have expected when first reading about it that it would probably just warn people off and give an introduction to what would citizens are expected of. But it turns out to be a hell room. People of Oceania fear it so much. There are so much coersion, torture, force and persuasion invovled. Physical and mental pain is inevitable in that room. The existence of such a room makes the story even more enternaining and catches more attention from the audience. Although horrifying, I'm glad I discovered the existence of this type of room throughout the story. 

Book 2 Chapter 7-10

"And yet to the people of only two generations ago this would not have seemed all-important, because they were not attempting to alter history.  They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear, a word spoken to a dying man, could have value in itself. The proles, it suddenly occurred to him, had remained in this condition. They were not loyal to a party or a country or an idea, they were loyal to one another. For the first time in his life he did not despise the proles or think of them merely as an inert force which would one day spring to life and regenerate the world. The proles had stayed human." (Pg. 165)

Response:

Winston realizes that that the proles were great. They hold a regular and a great life, like the people of the past. The society that existed before the party took over. The proles hold dear to their hearts loyalty. They don't sell it to the party. He loves that and believes that is it genuine, true and natural freedom. He see's a clear distinction between his life and the life of proles, and his reaction is kind of envious. This was important to me because I was beginning to lose some hopes in the book. It was honestly so annoying that the only society that was first introduced was the society that had ben completely controlled by the Party. I really wanted there to be a regular socoiety and thankfully George Orwell included the proles. 

Book 1 Chapter 7-8 & Book 2 Chapters 1-2

"I love you. For several years seconds he was to stunned even to throw the incriminating hings into the memory hole. hen he did so, although he knew very well the danger of showing too much interest, he could not resist reading once again, just to make sure that the words were really there there...he felt as though a fire were burning in his belly".(90)

Repsonse:

          This is where the story began to get more interesting. Romance always makes stories a more interesting. Especially this one. A girl named Jullia who'm Winston has never spoken to, or barely see's or even knows of, decides to write Winston an I love you letter. There are a lot of badass and weirdness involved here. Julia is risking her life and also putting Winston life in danger, neglecting the power of the thought police. In addition, her personality is extremely weird. Love at first site??? That's interesting. This passage was important to me because it helped me better understand how Julia and Winston are as characters. It helped me spark more interest in the story and become more eager to read it.