Blog #4

What a shock it was when Winston and Julia are caught. The moment was so calm and simple that i was taken by utter surprise when they hear the voice on the telescreen. How inhuman that all these people whom they've come to trust and rely on are actually traitors. I had a slight inclination that O'Brien was secretly working against Winston, but I was shocked to learn that Mr. Charrington was a ,member of the thought police. From the beginning, Julia and Winston knew that they would eventually be caught for comitting various crimes, but as the book progressed, I truly believed that they couple had a chance of possibly defeating the Party. They had been successful thus far, and I began to believe maybe Winston and Julia really will start the rebellion. Obviously this idea was wrong. "We are dead," the couple announces only a few minutes before they are caught (Orwell, 220). How ironic that the couple doesn't even realize how on target they truly are.