I finished rereading it again, the last time I read it was in middle school so forgot what happens in the book. After being done with it, I must say, the ending was absolutely great and it’s proven to be one of the best books written in modern times.
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I was actually rooting for O’brien and the party to win and push forward, I like winston, but he’s so opposed that he serve as too much of a liability. I loved how the party doesn’t just aim at killing traitors and ridden them within the society, but rather they break them down. In the end winston and julia both betrayed each other, however, it’s actually rather deep, the party not only broke each of them down, they changed their love for each other. I forgot about that part and it’s was rather beautiful to see, they can take people and shape their minds how they want, in a sense it is true what O’brien says, they really do control everything.
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And in their betrayal of each other, they genuinely meant it, it wasn’t some last sort of last resort to not suffer in room 101, they truly wished it upon the other. No love, happiness, laughter, ect, just pure love and loyalty towards big brother, and in the end winston not only accepted it, but he loves big brother which is the best ending the book could have taken. They’re each just now remnants of who they were, except broken and loyal to the party.
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It individual doesn’t matter, because big brother is the embodiment of the whole party, and future children will not know anything they’re not meant to, trained from birth they’ll keep big brother alive forever; truly immortal party fueled by cruelty and hatred. I wish more books ended like this.
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Wow! That is bleak. Glad you aren’t in charge!
You never finished the book my friend. The last chapter is “The Principles of Newspeak”, which goes into how and why the language was developed and how it was used.
While an interesting reflection on the thought and background of the language, the savvy reader will notice that it is written in the past tense; and that makes all the difference in the world.