Question 4

* please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. why is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.

"But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."
I think that this passage is meaningful and significant because it shows the result of the story, and how even though Winston tried his best to stay against Big Brother in his mind, he did not succeed. It shows that pain can be so powerful that it can change humans minds. I was very disappointed with this passage as the ending because the whole point of what Winston wanted to change in the story didn't change. It was pointless. All he did was torture himself. I think that this passage made the story end in a sad way. The protagonist was defeated by the antagonist. I like happy endings where the protagonist overcomes his goals. Although the story was interesting overall, I think it would have been even better if it had a different ending, an ending where the protagonist, Winston, did something significant to change the distorted government.