Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Chapter Three
I don't know what I would do if I were put in Winton's position. As O'Brien keeps questioning him, Winston keeps responding with what we know to be true and he knows to be true. However, the Party says otherwise so therefore it is no longer true. I would most likely be the same way as Winston. I do not understand how they can make all those people believe lies. They are torturing Winston to make him believe it, but I think that will just make him lie when deep down he still knows the truth. They also make Winston look at himself in the mirror. They have tortured him so much that he doesn't even recognize himself. He is super skinny, balding, weakened, and aged even . He is disgusted in himself that he can't even look at himself in the mirror. O'Brien points out that he is the only one left of his kind, and there is no way for him to try to control the future. I think by Winston seeing how he actually looks now, he realizes that O'Brien is right.
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I doesn't make sense to you because you are trying to apply logic to something that is illogical. The reasoning of the Party makes sense because they say so. It isn't any different than an adult saying that their reasoning is the right one "because I said so." When a person or group of power holds that over someone who it's oppressed or "lower", it works. Every time. It has to, so it does. I love that you are wrestling with it though!
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