Writing Prompt 2 - 9/19/08

In George Orwells 1984, Winston Smith is found trying to loosen from the Party's grip. Winston wants to get away from the Party's power because he does not agree with how the Party's ridiculous rules. Winston fights against the Party to free himself from the Party's power.

Winston does not like the idea of the telescreens, a camera and television in everyones home, being on all the time and in every room. Winston casually goes against the Party's rule and hides from the telescreen when he turns his back on the telescreen and writes in his diary. This shows that Winston dislikes the law and goes againts it to fight the power.

Winston also joins a cult, the Brotherhood, that accumulates those who hate the Party. Winston and his friend, Julia, go to a man named O'Brien who is supposedly the head of the Brotherhood. Winston and Julia want the book of guidelines that his group follows . By Winston going to O'Brien in order to join the Brotherhood, he plans on being apart of a group that would some day gather enough people to overtake the Party. Overtaking the Party is a sign of struggle for power.

The author used this power struggle to give the full effect of how the future will be. When Orwell wrote the book in 1949, he thought that the book was refelcting 35 years later which the title shows is 1984.The struggle for power by Winston shows that Orwell thought that people would majorly disagree with those in power and they would fight back. Orwell uses Winston as an example as one who would fight the power and this gives the novel full effect as to what the future will be like.

Winston's struggle for freedom from the Party's power is displayed when he hides from the telescreen and joins the group that would some day take over the Party. Orwell uses Winston's struggle for freedom as a way to enhance the novel by his idea of the future. Winston Smith tries to free himself from the Party several times in 1984.