1984--Literature Analysis, Character Questions

Whoops, sorry everybody (is anyone actually reading this part of the blog?). It seems that I forgot to put up the second half of my lit analysis yesterday. I kept putting it off so I could fix a few questions and...well, hey, this is starting to sound like an excuse. Here we go:

1.       Direct Characterization:

·         “In the ramifications of Party doctrine [Julia] had not the faintest interest.”

·         “[Winston] moved over to the window: a smallish, frail figure, the meagerness of his body merely emphasized by the blue overalls which were the uniform of the Party. His hair was very fair, his face naturally sanguine, his skin roughened by coarse soap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the winter that had just ended.”

Indirect Characterization:

·          Eh, well this is awkward. Most of the book is blatant, direct characterization (as it goes along with the tone of the book). I feel like I can't find a good example without rereading the whole book. So...yes.

         

2. I'd have to say no. Orwell's style, his syntax, his diction--I can't say I noted a change as he spoke of different characters...He described them all in a straightforward, almost joyless manner (again, the tone!), and describes many of the same aspects/characteristics at first mention.

3.  Winston Smith is a dynamic character. He began the book as a tentative rebel against the Party, met Julia and become a more outright rebel, then ended up “reintegrated” back into society so that he loved the Party, Ingsoc, and Big Brother, and was apathetic towards Julia.

4. In the case of Winston Smith, I feel that I have met a person. (Not so much Julia, though.) I got to know him well throughout the book, and he seems rather easy to relate to (I'm guessing most of us feel like a rebel against the norm at least one time or another in our lifetimes).