Writing Prompt 2 9/19/08

Winston, the main character in George Orwell's 1984, a character who is struggling to free himself from the dictator like power of Big Brother and the Party. He begins to erxpress his need to over come the Party in his diary. If he the wrong way, which is the bad way, about the Party he will be killed, it is a struggle being fought in vain, the Party is always right.

The Party has a police force called the Thought Police that will find out, no matter how anyone trys to hide it, if they're plotting against the Party.Many people have been caught by the Thouhgt Police by them using the telescreen. When that person is caught, and they will be caught, they will be kiled and everything about them will be destroyed.

It is a struggle faught in vain by Winston because the Party has so much power and strikes fear into so many people. The Party controlseverything that goes on within the country Winston lives in. It,s an even harder struggle do to the fact that Winston works for the Party, though not in a very high position, which means he knows what the Party is capable of and willing to do to keep people under control. Which making it hard to fight against the Party when no one is willing to help you.

The struggle is even harder being the Party is always right. They have the power to re-write history, facts, and anything else they want to make it seen as though they were never and are never wrong. It's hard for Winston to fight them if he can't evenprove they're wrong.

The power struggle is used to enhance the meaning of the story. Without the power struggle it would just be another story about another person who doesn't like they're government.

Winston is struggling to free himself from the power of the Party and Big Brother. If there are no Thought Police, if his struggle isn't faught in vain, and if the Party wasn't always right Winston could have a chance of freeing himself of the Party's power.