Sir Winston Churchill is a hero because he prepared his nation for WWI, Stood up against Germany, and increased his economy post wars. During WWI Churchill became the First Lord of the Admiralty (akin to the Secretary of the Navy in the U.S.) He noticed that german was getting very strong and preceded to build up his nation's army. Acording to History.com “He established the Royal Naval Air Service, modernized the British fleet and invented one of the earliest tanks.” (history.com) Despite Churchill trying to prepare England for war he efforts did not work and WWI became a stalemate. In an attempt to gain a foothold Churchill devised a massive attack on the Turks hoping that they would leave the war. His campaign was an unter fall after nine months he had to pull out and suffered many casualties. During WWII Churchill stood up against Hitler's Regime even after france fall. The Editors at…
The author shows Winston to be the opposite of a true hero since a real hero under pressure and moral convictions will set themselves apart and be true to themselves to the very end. Winston did not display any of these qualities even though Winston’s thinking is far from the Party’s. The author portrays Winston is nothing more than broken man through his own thoughts and behavior, and who does not embody the traditional characteristics of a heroic hero, but more of a passive weakened man who struggles against his external reality and his failing efforts to rise…
Considering this question objectively, one would have to ask what it means to be heroic. Winston, like many modernized protagonists, does not match the archetype for the classical hero: as mentioned before, he has no special qualities, there is no call to adventure, and definitely no supernatural help. Perhaps, being a product of Orwell's imagination, Winston would fit his own creator's idea of a hero. George Orwell himself defined heroism as “ordinary people doing whatever they can to change social systems that do not respect human decency, even with the knowledge that they can’t possibly succeed.” This definition seems more appropriate for a modern day man and woman, but is that what Winston Smith…
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The definition of a hero falls basically the way the hero is willing to risk their life to abide by the true Morals in the conquering the foundation of the inhumane treatment brought upon by the blameless for The justice of everyone. The hero is supposed to be of the selfless act and thought. With thorough Analysis of Winston and his thoughts and his actions throughout the novel, by Orwell’s definition, Along with my own I do not consider Winston Smith to be a hero. First to address that in a dystopian state there is not a clear manifestation of true heroism.…
In my opinion Winston is a hero because he rescues a lot of people in the story and people consider him a savior. Winston's health was never good because he suffered from a coughing disease. He represents a good character when he decides to actually save the people in trouble. The people around him in the story see him as a nice and easy to get along with person. Winston was used in many good ways. A hero is a person who stands up and out of many people that includes braver. No one can ever go against Winston which shows the qualities of a brave/hero. Winston would never follow of the rules of his society and didnt understand the consequences. Without knowing any of that information shows the determination of being a hero. He stays to himself…
Startled, you get woken up by the police officers barging into your room, you notice the door has been kicked down and you are being yanked by the limbs. Unaware of why this is happening you start to scream and kick at the officers. Next thing you know you get hit in the side of the head and you black out. What feels like days later, you awaken in a dark and empty room. At least that's what you believe. Out of thin air you hear a chuckle come from the corner of the room. Yelling hello you hope for a voice that can answer all the questions you've collected in your head. This mysterious chuckle begins stepping forward, starting to become a dark shadow now in the middle of the room. You begin asking him what's happening and why you are here.…
In the book 1984 by George Orwell, many different ideas about the government and its power are discussed by the main character Winston. At one point in the book Winston says “It is impossible to found a civilization on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure.” in reference to the state of the government at that point in time. However, this can be proven false by the actions of the government, the people’s response, and the determination the government uses to ensure their ultimate power and control.…
Due to the international ubiquity of mass media, humans readily entrench the information broadcasted, and establish these news as truth in their mind, causing the controller of the media to create and shape the reality that humans seldom experience first hand. The news spread by the universal omnipresence of billboards, T.V, movies, the internet, are constantly scrutinized by the public, and absorbed as the truth. If a certain piece of news, regardless of its veracity, is deemed true by the public simultaneously then that event has truly occurred. Reality exists only within the mind, and if a population genuinely believes factually incorrect information, then that is reality. The concept of the media controlling reality has been expressed in novels such as 1984 by George Orwell, where the protagonist is stuck in an oppressed government, and the…
Through Winston Smith, Orwell portrays a common man's struggle to retain his identity, sanity, and natural rights in a society that is filled with fear, loneliness, and insecurity. Winston is portrayed as a man who just wants to satisfy his natural urges and find peace. He is able to do this for a short while, through Julia, but the feeling of happiness cannot continue because it is forbidden to Big Brother. As a result, Winston is arrested, imprisoned, and tortured. Orwell's skill makes the reader identify with Winston's pain, torture, and brainwashing in prison. He reacts much like any common man would react, and in the end, he appears to be totally broken and defeated. After he is declared "healed" by the Party and "freed" to the outside, Winston sees Julia again and realizes, in spite of his brainwashing and declarations to the Party, he still feels love for her. Such emotion cannot be tolerated…
An anti hero is someone who is not a hero in nature, they are not any way a vigilante and usually only react, not act. Their own traits come in as a hindrance, leading to their death, or a help in an ironic way. In Orwell’s novel 1984, Winston is an anti hero because of his poor physical state, and his pusillanimous nature.…
In 1984 by George Orwell, protagonist Winston Smith is, from what the reader can tell, the only individual (with the exception of his compatriot Julia) in his Big Brother society who sees anything wrong with the tactics employed by the government and, subsequently, who attempts to do anything to protest. This alone could constitute a reasonable definition of a hero: in an evil culture, he is the only one fighting for good, but he continues nonetheless. For the majority of the novel, Winston is certainly a hero as he fights the system; at the end, however, he is defeated, brainwashed and convinced that he "loves Big Brother." Is he any less of a hero because a hopelessly corrupt and evil institution managed to break his spirit? The answer may not necessarily be yes, but the point is that it is a point of debate, and casts enough doubt upon the validity of the original statement to warrant further examination.…
The Book 1984 was written by George Orwell shortly after W.W.II. The book really shows us what would happen if the government gets too powerful. The world of 1984 is so organize that it has many high technologies to keep people on line or more importantly is to control. However, our world is much more different, we have our own individualism, freedom, and power.…
People often wonder about why the world is the way it is. Some think that humans have changed over the years of evolution, but this statement is only partially accurate. Yes, humans have changed and evolved, but basic human tendencies have always been around. 1984 by George Orwell is a book that describes and demonstrates human tendencies that were relevant to the time the book was written and that are relevant to today.…
In conclusion, Winston Smith is an atypical hero as he lacks many of the common characteristics that heroes share but tha fact thathe is driven by noble intentions and ideas and perpetrates them in the way he believes to be more effective to his cause. Because in the end of the book Winston is broken by the Political Party and the Big Brother through mental conditioning and torture this represents perfectly Winston’s heroic side as the big brother decided to punish him as he was a threat to their…