1984 #2

I think that Winston is having a difficult time buying in to what Big Brother and the state are saying because of his job he can't accept lies and he can remember the past. His small acts of defiance are a form of protest. He is just doing it in an orderly manner. He is rebelling because he cannot accept the lies. Comparing Winston's small rebellion to anti-war protests, there are both similarities and differences. In both, they are rebelling against something they truly believe in. The difference is that Winston does it in calmer way:a way that may not even be classified as a rebellion. We have become a very Orwellian society. George Orwell identified this as being destructive to the welfare of a free society. We have become very Orwellian because there is always conflict and two sides to a matter. Most of the time, there is a disagreement. Although this book was written a fairly long time ago, I think Orwell predicted our society very well.