Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Winston v. John

Winston's view is entirely different from John's, he hates purity, and goodness and wants it to die. John loves purity and goodness, because he didn't see any of that while he was in the savage reservation, and when he met someone like Lenina whom he put on a pedestal he thought she was the purest thing ever. The point is that there is no purity at all within the party, even though they are trying to create a perfect world. I think Winston hates purity because purity is what the party is trying to achieve, and by Julia not being pure he loves that. He likes that she is rebellious against the party, and this is a silent attack against the party by just not being pure and how the party wants her to be. I think that Winston is trying to show that there is nothing pure like there used to be, no love, because everyone is caught up in their fear and hatred. I also think that they are starting to love one another, because they are both rebellious, and they are also sneaking away from the party doing things that would now ironically be considered to not be pure. I just think that this is an interesting contrast between this world and the world created by the party. John wants purity, but ends up not liking it in the New World, while Winston hates purity, because of the standards of purity set up by the party.

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