"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."
This passage shows Winston's situation in the end. After 40 years, after committing Thought Crimes endlessly, after trying to join the Brotherhood, after relentless torture, he was finally convinced that Big Brother was a loving being. The Party had finally been able to convince Winston that he loves Big Brother.
This world that George lays out is so cruel to the people especially to Winston! Power is torture? THAT SUCKS!
ReplyDeleteWinston lived for 40 more years to learn to love big brother?
ReplyDeleteSo he'd be like 70-80ish years old?
Yeah, at the end of the book.
ReplyDeleteRemember, he was like 39 years old in the beginning.
I think he twists his words around and have great irony that makes the book even better than it is.
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