"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it."
I chose this quote because it represents the struggle Winston feels with the Party. The absolute helplessness of knowing that the government is oppressing him, but being the only one who sees it. Earlier in chapter 7 he explains that the only hope for taking down the party lies in the proles, being over 85% of the total population of Oceania. The problem is, most of the proles are too brainwashed and apathetic to even know that they are being oppressed.
I agree with the fact that Winston is truly helpless. His job is to erase things that happened in history for the party to never look wrong and I think that it taunts him that he can't do anything. And as you also mentioned, even if he does decide to go to the Proles to mumble a revolution, it's unlikely to work because they're all so brainwashed. I feel sympathetic for Winston and I think this picture does a good job depicting how oppressive the government truly is.
ReplyDeleteI like this quote because I believe that Winston thinks he's the only one knows the government is oppressing them, and there's nothing he can do about it.
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