“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and
until after they have rebelled they con not become conscious.”-Winston Smith.
In the
words of Dr. Sues, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot.nothing is
going to get better. It’s not.” Winston has come to grasp this concept loud and clear , through out the
years. But he understands that it is not he who needs to care a whole lot. It
is the overlooked masses, the proles, who must act. Composing 85% of the population
it is obvious that in a game of numbers the proles can overpower the party. However
this quote shows that Winston understands
that the chance oif such revolution is very meek, since the proles do not even realize
how much power the party has over them . The party does not bother in brain
washing the because, in the words of Syme, “The
proles are not human beings.” Therefore they will not be able to pick up
newspeak further pushing the proles in to the dark. Since eventually old speak
will be removed. They
will have no way in which they could advance. Yet many of them would not have noticed such thing . One could argue that this quote proves that our dear Ol’ Winnie
is a cynical paranoid man, who has a dim hope in society ever improving due to
the situation that the proles are in a constant feeling of not caring. In fact, this quote gives the idea that Winston is just waiting for an opportunity in which they can finally free themselves from Big Brother.
What do you think dearest reader?
I agree with you dearest writer. I think Winston is just waiting for a rebellion in which he doesn't do much to contribute to, and yet gets benefitted from it. Great analysis and choice in quote!
ReplyDeleteWhat would you do if you were Winston ? Would you rebell or stay quiet ? Because if it were up to me I would rebell until I get it to be the right way.
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