1984 Part II

   More on the book 1984 by George Orwell '
This is still on the first part of the book considering the book is divided into 3 parts I'll explain each part with 2 posts making a total of 6.

  So far into the book you can paint a mental image of the world Winston lives in. Winston lives in what used to be London, now a providence of Oceania. Currently Oceania is at war with Eurasia which gets confusing later because this is constantly switching with Eurasia and Eastasia. He also gives us a brief description of his work and what he does. This part also introduces Winston's love interest,whom works in the same building but does a different job. He tells us about her and explains to us that she is a part of the anti sex league. The thought of purity makes him hate her yet he dreams of her and shows that he lusts for her. After this Winston explains the destroyed area known as the proles where anyone who isn't a member of the inner party lives. I found this part very confusing because anyone who opposes the party is arrested for thoughtcrime yet in the proles people deny the party's lifestyle and are left alone. I find this contradicting fact the most confusing in the entire narrative.

   Now that we have an idea of what life is like in Winston's dystopia of a world. Adding this love interest Humanizes Winston a bit more for me. It shows that he is capable of love and natural human instinct is still a very important part of day to day life. It makes Winston seem relatable because we've all at one point have had someone we look at and just want them badly but know we can't have. The proles remind me of WWII concentration camps. A group of people are gathered and placed in these camps and then live there waiting for death. It's not so different for the proles because they are always attacked by the Party and people there have nothing they can do. They differ because the proles also acts as a black market and a place where relics of the past can be found. This ends part I of the book which just gives us an understanding of Winston's world.