Thursday, February 19, 2009

Feburary 19th, 2009 Pgs 165

Why does Julia tell Winston she loves him even though she barely knows him?

I think Julia told Winston she loves him to attract his attention because she could tell he was watching her but knew he didn't know what to say or how to approach her. Saying I love you is a bit too extreme though for a society that doesn't exactly know how to love because it's forbidden by the government. I think they both feel more lust for each other than actual love. Love could begin to grow though if they spend more time together n sincerely get to know one another.

Will Big Brother be overthrown eventually?

Wilson has now become involved with the brotherhood but also kept his position within the Big Brother government. Being in that situation, a great plan to overthrow the government could evolve if Wilson deals with the right people. The society has been under such a strict government that it's going to take a lot of power to break down a society that's been brainwashed for so long.


Today in class we discussed the book that Wilson is reading in 1984. The first chapter is called ignorance is strength and talks about the past and how society used to be and what it molded in to. Before the revolution there were three classes, high, middle, and low. After the revolution it society created two classes, high and low. It seems like instead of society getting better it just worsened since there's only high and low classes which sets apart billions of people dividing the power unequally.