1984 2

I think that the reason Winston is not buying into what Big Brother is saying is because of his internal need for freedom. I think that he wants to believe all of it but he just cant bring himself to ignore the feeling that he has that what Big Brother is doing is wrong. He wants the oppression of the government to stop because he knows that freedom is important and as humans they should be free. I think that Winston's acts are more personal than for the greater good. He knows that there is something wrong with his society and he rebels against it; however, his rebellions dont actually help people. Instead, I believe, that they fulfill Winston's need to protest what he knows is wrong. This can be compared to what is going on at the occupy wall street movement in real life. I think that these two things correlate a lot because it is the oppressed that is protesting against the 1 percent or the elite. Also, in both cases the people are fighting for equality across the board with out any special advantages to the elite that can lead to oppression in the future. The only difference is that in 1984, there is already oppression and Winston is rising against it. Based on that fact, that in the Orwellian society there is already oppression, I would say that we aren't Orwellian yet. And, I dont think that we will ever become Orwellian either because it is apparent that our society is willing to stand up to oppression when you look at the occupy wall street.