O-Brian was a perplexing character who does not agree with Big Brother so he had to keep his thoughts to himself in order to survive. O-Brian was strongly against Big Brother, yet he kept his thoughts to himself. However, this would change. Winston made momentarily eye contact with O-Brian. When this happened, Winston could see it in his eyes that he had the same opinions about Big Brother. Winston and O-Brian were not even friends, yet their relationship was about to become very unique. "It was as though their two minds had opened and the thoughts were flowing from one into the other through their eyes." Winston and O-Brian both disapproved of the idea of Big Brother. When I realized that there were now two characters that shared the same thoughts, I knew it was going to make for an interesting twist in the story. O-Brian and Winston both knew they were on the same team during a time where seperate opinions were not allowed.
Ya, and since I read ahead, I found out something very interesting both about O'Brian and Winston.
ReplyDeleteInteresting - and important - to remember whose perspective we are seeing everything through in the story. Do we know in Book One how O'Brien feels or only how Winston thinks O'Brien feels? Could it be that Winston wants to believe someone else shares his feelings at this point?
ReplyDeleteNow that you have read more - do we know more about O'Brien and what he really feels?