The Ending Analysis

The novel, 1984 is about a place in the future called, Oceania. This place is run by, “The    Party.” The Party and all of Oceania is ruled by Big Brother. The Party as well as the Thought Police keep the nation under surveillance at all times. The government is able to pick up any sound and watch the citizens by using a device called the telescreen. The protagonist of the story is a 39-year old man named Winston. In mid-novel, Winston falls in love with a dark-haired girl named Julia. They feel that their love is stronger than The Party and nothing could stop them from loving each other. At the end of the novel, their love is tested and unfortunately, The Party tortures them so much that they betray each other and no longer share the feeling of love. Winston has not only changed in appearance, but mentally he is different; So much, that his overall perspective of The Party has changed, all due to Big Brother.

In chapter six of part three, Winston has been released form the Ministry of Love. He half-way enjoys a drink at the chestnut café. He ends up bumping into Julia at the park. She seems disgusted with his presence and doesn’t really want to speak to him any longer. She ends up talking to him and tells him that she has betrayed Winston and how The Party drove her to really mean it. The Party drove her to actually want her life more than the love they once had. Winston also tells her that he has done the same act. There is an awkward silence and Julia makes an excuse to leave. As Winston followed her, he lost sight of her and tried to reconnect half-hearted. He then gives up and they never speak again. This is how mental and physical torture can lead to the lost of love.

Love, in the context meaning that we use today, was not the same love that is in Oceania. The only type of “love” that existed in the world Orwell illustrated was the acceptance of Big Brother. Big Brother and the Party have created a world where there are no sentimental emotions. Oceania was founded and built on hatred. A love like the one Julia and Winston once shared, cannot exist in a world that is full of hatred and hurt-filled feelings. The Party knew that Winston and Julia shared a love that was not allowed. The Party tortured out all of Winston’s feelings toward Julia, leaving him emotionless. Because he was emotionless, he began to understand the methods of Big Brother. Because he was emotionless, he was full of Big Brother. Because he was emotionless, he accepted him. He loved Big Brother.
 As I reflect on this novel, I can connect it to George Orwell’s other literary work, Animal Farm. George Orwell uses both of these novels to demonstrate how a dictatorship can lead to dreadful circumstances. Also, he shows how some humans can react under bizarre leaderships. In the book, Animal Farm, there was a farm that was run by animals and there were two boar leaders, Snowball and Napoleon. Napoleon ran Snowball off the farm and took charge. He made the animals work very hard and gave them little to no food. He swore to them that life then was much better than the time when the humans were in charge and the animals ignorantly believed him. Through this, Orwell showed how ignorant citizens can be when under a corrupt government. It connected to 1984 because The Party and Big Brother changed the past making the citizens believe that they are in better shape than how they were before the revolution. But, in this case, Winston and Julia aren’t so ignorant to this; they know what is going on and now feels a spirit of rebellion against the leaders, unlike the animals in Animal Farm. Through these two novels, we can see that George Orwell is fascinated by different forms of government. He clearly shows how, having one person in charge of everything, is not very good. He demonstrates how one corrupt dictator can completely ruin the nation as a whole. This is what I have gathered from the ending of the novel, 1984.