It is no mere
coincidence that the main character is named Winston, name of a famously heroic historical
British figure who epitomized independence, strength of character, a certain rebelliousness:
"Never, never, never surrender!" Indeed, Winston of refuses to
surrender his humanity to the Thought Police. He desires, above all, to be a man--to feel like a
man, to think like a man, to live like a man.
Winston's heroism is
"heartfelt." He is an "everyman," ordinary--his last name is the commonest
of names, Smith--, but with an independent mind that wishes to have expression; he...
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