1984 Orwell 2
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Insanity is Unlike Beauty, for it has Nothing to With the Beholders Eye, but Instead the Public's View
O'Brien insists that Winston is insane. In Winston's society it is suicide to go against Big Brother. A simple smirk can be a first degree crime in Oceania. Winston knew that he was guilty of thou ....
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.... the same." This thought and many others like it justified Winston's insanity in O'Brien's mind. Winston was defying a power which he knew was undefeatable. O'Brien saw Winston as a madman struggling with the a straight jacket, fighting something which they both knew could not be undone. The idea of insanity as fighting a unwinnable cause is not original to Oceania, but instead a reflection of societies' beliefs.
Many people are labelled insane by society because they believe what seems impos ....
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