Talk:Nineteen Eighty-Four

Another thing they are trying to do is cut all the hard words out of the English language and change it to make it more simple so that people will not be too smart or think too hard--Although I think this wiki is a good idea since it can help people learn to speak english, I think this quote is very funny when applied to this project. Any thoughts? The Ungovernable Force 23:07, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I had the same thought this morning. Too bad they won't let us have newspeak.wikipedia.org

I have not read this book in many years, but I think that Winston Smith is killed at the end. Is this correct? -- DocSigma 19:01, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Winston Smith doesn't die, though he does become blindly loyal to Big Brother after being tortured.--TBCΦtalk? 19:15, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I found a website with the book's contents, and looked at the end of the book. One of the last sentences in the book is "The longhoped-for bullet was entering his brain." When I read the book for the first time, I thought that this meant that Winston was shot with a gun. Does this sentence mean something else? Is the "bullet" just a symbol for Winston's loyalty to Big Brother? -- DocSigma 19:35, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

The bullet seems to be a metaphor representing the death of his humanity and free will, not his body. Also, the segment states that "Winston, sitting in a blissful dream, paid no attention as his glass was filled up. He was not running or cheering any longer. He was back in the Ministry of Love, with everything forgiven, his soul white as snow. He was in the public dock, confessing everything, implicating everybody. He was walking down the white-tiled corridor, with the feeling of walking in sunlight, and an armed guard at his back. The longhoped-for bullet was entering his brain." After all, how could Winston, who was just moments before in a cafe, suddenly appear back in the Ministry of Love and be shot, unless it was a daydream?--TBCΦtalk? 20:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)