ceable suspect or a threat to the system. The government expects the citizens to behave according to the laws. In 1984 the government installs monitors in every home, called “telescreens”. The government can see and watch every body movement, and can listen and hear every sound in the room. For someone like Winston, these conditions are not ideal. His life is under eye. The government is stealing his freedom. “Orwell is trying to present the kind of world in which individuality has become obsolete and personality a crime.”(Lee, p 129) This oppression continues to accumulate inside of Winston, and sooner or later somebody like him expresses himself or herself in a rebellious matter. “Winston has committed an inconceivable crime, he possesses a diary; he attempts to record history; he attempts to maintain a physical link with the past.”(Lee, p 137) Winston’s obsession with past, the lost culture of Oceania, drives him to establish and maintain a diary. This is considered a crime, but to Winston it is a way of relieving the oppression. Another way he attempts to detach himself from the state is by developing a relationship with the opposite sex. Her name is Julia. “Their involvement is rapid . . . their love-making, the ‘animal instinct, the simple undifferentiated desire’ frees them dramatically.” Like Winston, Julia feels oppressed and develops a hatred for the government. Both of them are citizens the authorities would like to have less of. Unlike Winston, Alex was born with the violent skills he used ignorantly throughout his early life. Winston obtained those certain skills from his surrounding environment. Alex did not have a reason for his actions. Although if he did, it would probably be for the fun and amusement of it all. *****6In both of the novels, trust and betrayal leads to the defeat of Alex and Winston. After numerous crimes; “Alex...
