Mind Control

My head is spinning as I write this. George Orwell's end to 1984 really makes you think about control and the end of the book actually was very interesting. The book was slow at the beginning, but like Animal Farm, another book written by Orwell. They are also similar in the sense that the endings of the books were great. Orwell writes, "But it was all right everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother" (Orwell 245). Reading this is ironic. If you can remember from my last post, I said it seemed as if Winston was going to rebel against Big Brother, but now he loves them. That is where the book got interesting. Winston was caught with plans to rebel and was brought to a prison. The leaders then brainwashed him and tortured him to change his whole mindset. O'Brien says, "... Look at this filthy grime all over your body. Look at that disgusting running sore on your leg..." (Orwell 224). The pain and torturing made him see himself differently. As important as this was to the plot line, it was important to the theme. Orwell's themes deal with power and control, in this case mind control. He is saying how powerful the mind is and how powerful control is. The government has so much control that they can change someones mind. They made him love something he hated. Another part of control is said in this photo:

It is amazing how this is semi-true and a whole government is based off of it.

All in all the book was slow at the beginning but much better towards the end.