do you think the character "winston Smith" desrved to die? why?
what about O'Brian? Do you think O'Brian was evil?
2007-02-13 14:39:20 · 7 answers · asked by ஐﻬ уαмι ηι cнιяυ ѕαкυяα ﻬஐ 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Winston didn't die. Or, at least, not in so many words. At the end he sees a vision of his inexorable fate. It isn't implied that he died exactly at that point in time.
Deserved to die? Are you talking as defined by my personal morality, or as defined by 1984's society? As a sympathetic character he probably wasn't. I didn't think he was a great guy, but I didn't think he deserved to die; though, considering that he probably would've been happier that way, perhaps he did.
O'Brien was a limb of the Party. He is no more or no less evil than the Party itself.
These do sound like discussion questions ... they also have no easy, concrete answer.
2007-02-13 17:39:59 · answer #1 · answered by silent_pavane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I though the book a let down in light of all the hype. Animal Farm was his best work of political fiction.
Winston (when he thought O'Brien was on his side) said he would kill and tourer people to overthrow big brother so yes Winston is worthy of death.(Unless he was just talking macho?) And yes O'Brien was evil. Gold-stein has some great quotes (from his book) allot of it is right on.
Side note: In the book "The Dual" , by John Lukacs, the author states that "Winston" is a play on Churchill and the contexts is that of the fascist world rising up which Orwell saw as the future. Nevertheless, as Neil Postman pointed out in his book Amusing Ourselves to Death, Orwell's vi son of the future has not come to pass where as that of Huxley seems to have.
Please give me five points I am almost at level 3.
2007-02-13 22:51:19 · answer #2 · answered by sean e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read this book back in 1984, & again lastyear. No Winston should not have died. And that other guy is evil BIG TIME! Smiles!
2007-02-13 22:53:24 · answer #3 · answered by Foxy lady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting questions... sounds like something a teacher would assign for homework... are you sure you have the right section of Answers?
2007-02-13 22:48:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, i have read it.
of course winston smith did not deserve to die.
2007-02-14 10:20:43 · answer #5 · answered by Analyst 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what? He doesn't exist--he was vaporized--well, actually he couldn't have been vaporized because he never existed to begin with.
2007-02-14 20:02:17 · answer #6 · answered by Lucifer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
G.O.
WROTE IT HIS WAY.
BEST SELLER.
GOT IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
2007-02-13 22:47:06 · answer #7 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋