For my final post, I want to talk about Winston and Julia getting caught by the government. I find it so interesting how the government can make them do things the way they did. After they got caught they were broken and beaten until they believed twisted lies. O’Brien and the government made them believe in only the thoughts the Party's and government wanted. On page 234, it states, “No one dares trust a wife or a child or a friend... there will be no loyalty except, for loyalty for the party. There will no love, except the love for Big Brother.” They only want the people to love and have trust in Big Brother, not a family member or friend.  The people of Oceania should love and praise Big Brother as their “savoir” like on page 7.

It is not very common for Oceania to see people come back from being caught by the government but Winston and Julia both returned as every single other citizen. Winston’s identity and appearance is broken, and people can see it. Julia’s physical appearance at the very end of the book mentions how and broken she looks as well. The party completely destroys Winston and Julia, to not even be there self at all. They are both just like puppet on strings. In my last blog I talked about propaganda and “Big Brother”. They tortured them with propaganda to break them and replace it with happiness and faith in the Party’s. By the end of the book, Julia and Winston are released and act if nothing has happened, because that is what they believe. Winston and Julia do not even know they had feelings for each other. The last sentence in the book quotes, “he loved Big Brother.”

What are some things or events in the book you thought were really out of the ordinary, like for me was the relationship between Julia sand Winston. Winston talks about how much he hates Julia because he loves her. Then on page 107, Julia slips Winston a note saying “I love you”. I found this kind of strange. Did you find this strange too? What is your impression on Orwell’s novel, 1984? Did you like the book, if so why?