1984 prompt

Humility is not thinking you are above anyone, very modest and humble. In some cases though humility can be considered as “low” which Winston was in thinking of conspiring against Big Brother. Winston was alone, there wasn’t a person in that government who thought the way Winston thought, and he was alone in the world but believed that he wasn’t in his mind. Winston didn’t have the self discipline to live in that government like everyone else, he had to speak out and for that he would be punished. O’Brien states that he will now lose his sanity but in the next sentence he calls Winston a lunatic. I believe in those couple of lines O’Brien is using reverse psychology on Winston saying that clearly you are unstable because you are against Big Brother. But then contradicts himself by saying now you must come with me while we break you down psychologically so that you are mentally stable and believe in Big Brother and the totalitarian government. Then the breakdown begins because O’Brien says “When you delude yourself into thinking that you see something, you assume that everyone else sees the same things as you.” I believe he is trying to make Winston seem like he was crazy in believing that people actually think about conspiring against Big Brother. Maybe his mind did persuade him in thinking that and he was wrong in this situation for believing people felt the same way as he had. Winston should of took notes from his friend Syme, he knew too much and failed to believe it. Winston’s mind ran wild with the thought of conspiracy and that the citizens of the government were all behind him and ready to go against the reign of Big Brother. Winston let his mind take over, in a way I don’t feel bad for Winston because he knew the consequences and he did not have the self-control to keep his thoughts to his self. Now Winston would become like a child and re-learn everything in the world all over again and learn to love and follow Big Brother. In a way I believe that O’Brien could read Winston’s mind. He used Winston’s fear of rats to turn him against Julia and in the end love Big Brother. In the end did Winston love Big Brother because of O’Brien’s interrogation had made him, or because that was his only option and he had finally gained some humility and knew that loving Big Brother was something that you had to do and deal with or else you would be vaporized and forgotten about.