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.
 

1984 Part I

        In the book 1984 the first chapter explains the world that the protagonist Winston lives in. He gives us a bit of a back story and tells us his perspective on this place. Basically he lives in this superstate called Oceania that is run by the party. The party is run by big brother, an all knowing and powerful deity like being that works behind the scenes of this dystopia.
    In the beginning Winston begins to realize he hates the current way things are and wants to do something about it which makes him liable for thoughtcrime. Thoughtcrime is basically what the name implies, a crime for thinking differently than the party. At this point I'm personally thinking why does anyone put up with something like this and wondered what would happen if the United States was more like this. With the recent elections I got something like this: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/27/dismantling-the-conservative-platform-part-1-we-need-federal-government/big-brother-watching/

No i did not come up with this but this image is the closest rendition of my thought process I could think of.

    Aside from the actual book I'd like to put my thoughts at the end of each of these. Let's start with the Party first off. They sound like they've gained too much power and I would like a prequel perhaps that explains how they gained all this power. I mean people wouldn't just let them get this much power and it couldn't have happened over night so how did the Party do it? Another thing at this point that struck me is why no one bothered to fight it. Winston couldn't be the only one finds this unfair and wants to cause a change, so where are these people is one thing i found myself asking.

FIRST POST!

Well here i am starting a blog named after my favorite color. I have no idea what i'm doing or what i could say that could possibly intrest you but feel free to read it anyways. Red is my favorite color that is the only reason it is named this way and due to a lack of creativity at the time. I've been advised to keep this G rated so I don't get in trouble for using my usual language that would make babies cry. Hopefully I've been able to stall this out for 200 words and no longer have to write but just in case.
This blog will also be about the Book 1984 by George Orwell which is a half decent book which i suggest you look up on sparknotes because nobody actually buys books anymore.
   I hope to at least try to keep this blog interesting while keeping a G rating or trying to. I hope to use this as an opportunity to learn about the amazing world that is a blogger's life. I'm not really used to this so I have no real idea where I'm gonna go from here. Eventually it should start picking up as I start getting used to this whole blogging thing.