wages on, but inside the kindly caf, an atmosphere of warmth and freedom emanates. Yet it is soon crushed by the iron fist of the Germans attempting to capture the rogue Lazlow, as Winston's alcove by the Party. Both Winston and Rick's worlds are torn apart by forces beyond their control, but Rick is victorious in the end, and Winston loses the battle. In summary, both 1984 and Casablanca revolve around the idea that humanity is losing its personal identity to that of the masses. The individual, in both cases, is far less important to that of the rest of the world. Hero's can exist in a world gone mad, as we find in both 1984 and Casablanca. Lazlow is a hero of the rebellion, who stood out against the oppression of the German government, and escaped to Lisbon. Winston spat in the face of the Party, and stirred within himself, human emotions and committed the gravest crime: he was alive. Both acted in the face of defeat, and won their own victories. There are many similarities between the characters and events of 1984 and Casablanca. The line that sums it all up, was spoken by Rick. "That day in Paris, the Germans wore gray, and we wore blue." They dared to be different, and to be human, in a world gone utterly mad with its own evils. ...
