Sandipa Das

The story of Winston Smith commences with a slow pace and by the time one reaches the end of the1st half of his story, the reader is sure to underrate his part of the struggle. The struggle is, survining in the times of dystopian reality; struggle is to make believe 2 & 2 makes 4. The lines "freedom is slavery" is sure to grasp the reader's senses. When one continues reading and arrives in the later half(of the story) , it's not obscure to comprehend the apprehensive and satirical conscience of the "seemingly parallel" world where Winston lives. His battle against the feared and revered yet figmental Big brother, even for the right to love, strucks fear in reader's mind. "Under the spreading chestnut tree , I sold you and you sold me..." one can mentally and emotionally understand the hollowness, the void , Winston felt in his heart. In this world of corrupted politics, where rudimentary laws overpower fundamental human rights; where gloomy societal norms part the core of humanity , this novel deserves the highest amount of appreciations. It hits us with the darkest alleys of our own evils, overpowering anarchy and with the fear of totalitarianism..