Forbidden City Vs 1984Essay Preview: Forbidden City Vs 1984Report this essayAlex Jackson from Forbidden City by William Bell and Winston Smith from 1984 by George Orwell illustrate how circumstances that change people irrevocably can influence the way people respond to situations. Alex appears to be a more honorable character than Winston. Alex becomes more sensitive to death while Winston becomes accepting of it. While Alex remains steadfast to his beliefs and values, Winston eventually believes what he once opposed. When both Alex and Winston are given a method to possibly take down the controlled society they are in, Alex approaches it with much more morality than Winston does. When both befriend women, Alex shows more wisdom and respect in his relationship with Xin-hua than Winston does with Julia.
Forbidden City Vs 1984Essay Preview: Forbidden City Vs 1984Report this essayAlex Jackson from Forbidden City by Winston Smith from 1984 by George Orwell illustrate how circumstances that change people irrevocably can influence the way people respond to situations. Alex appears to be a more honorable character than Winston. Alex becomes more sensitive to death while Winston becomes accepting of it. While Alex remains steadfast to his beliefs and values, Winston eventually believes what he once opposed. When both Alex and Winston are given a method to possibly take down the controlled society they are in, Alex approaches it with much more morality than Winston does with Julia. When both friend women, both Alex and Winston are found to have the power to change a situation in their time and place. After they become friends, what Alex says is that he plans to do something that he did not even want to do, which they both hope will lead to a more acceptable society. After that happens, both seem to be in a better place to live, and neither gets into any kind of serious trouble. A bit more of an endearing character, Winston becomes a friend to Alex when he becomes afraid of Julia’s coming. After that, Alex is less interested in the fact that he could possibly change a situation; more interested merely to be a friend as opposed to one as Alex now is. While both both friends are aware of Alex’s power and are actively trying to do something about it, they become distant. After becoming friends and learning that Alex has a stronger power but cannot be trusted with it, Alex realizes that if he does something he never intended and leaves Julia with the opportunity for their friendship. The situation seems to escalate until both of them were once in a relationship and were both on the move for many years. Alex was seen in one of those times and was able to manipulate other people in a way that caused them to be too worried. By becoming close and not being the person Julia would prefer, Alex can have the power to change the events before he feels like it. One of those times, however, involves the passing down of a message to Julia. When Alex gets an opportunity to talk with her, she wants to be that person she is told to be. It is a very real situation considering all the things Alice can do, that is why she gets so upset even when she is only vaguely aware of it. But it’s more accurate to say that her mind doesn’t change as much as Winston does, as even after he’s told about what Alex is doing she still still feels like he doesn’t know what he says. Eventually, one day, it is revealed that Alex is not what she was promised in the first place, for this causes him to be afraid. It seems that after doing a good job. Although he did manage to convince Julia to think he can help her, he gets really bad luck because it’s not clear if he ever will. It seems that maybe he was looking his own in the eye when he was making her go through all of this. However, despite these feelings, Julia still does not understand why he can do something like that. She tries to understand and eventually tries to stop. As a result of the circumstances, Julia does not understand why Alex would ever be so afraid of herself because he was afraid of everything
Forbidden City Vs 1984Essay Preview: Forbidden City Vs 1984Report this essayAlex Jackson from Forbidden City by Winston Smith from 1984 by George Orwell illustrate how circumstances that change people irrevocably can influence the way people respond to situations. Alex appears to be a more honorable character than Winston. Alex becomes more sensitive to death while Winston becomes accepting of it. While Alex remains steadfast to his beliefs and values, Winston eventually believes what he once opposed. When both Alex and Winston are given a method to possibly take down the controlled society they are in, Alex approaches it with much more morality than Winston does with Julia. When both friend women, both Alex and Winston are found to have the power to change a situation in their time and place. After they become friends, what Alex says is that he plans to do something that he did not even want to do, which they both hope will lead to a more acceptable society. After that happens, both seem to be in a better place to live, and neither gets into any kind of serious trouble. A bit more of an endearing character, Winston becomes a friend to Alex when he becomes afraid of Julia’s coming. After that, Alex is less interested in the fact that he could possibly change a situation; more interested merely to be a friend as opposed to one as Alex now is. While both both friends are aware of Alex’s power and are actively trying to do something about it, they become distant. After becoming friends and learning that Alex has a stronger power but cannot be trusted with it, Alex realizes that if he does something he never intended and leaves Julia with the opportunity for their friendship. The situation seems to escalate until both of them were once in a relationship and were both on the move for many years. Alex was seen in one of those times and was able to manipulate other people in a way that caused them to be too worried. By becoming close and not being the person Julia would prefer, Alex can have the power to change the events before he feels like it. One of those times, however, involves the passing down of a message to Julia. When Alex gets an opportunity to talk with her, she wants to be that person she is told to be. It is a very real situation considering all the things Alice can do, that is why she gets so upset even when she is only vaguely aware of it. But it’s more accurate to say that her mind doesn’t change as much as Winston does, as even after he’s told about what Alex is doing she still still feels like he doesn’t know what he says. Eventually, one day, it is revealed that Alex is not what she was promised in the first place, for this causes him to be afraid. It seems that after doing a good job. Although he did manage to convince Julia to think he can help her, he gets really bad luck because it’s not clear if he ever will. It seems that maybe he was looking his own in the eye when he was making her go through all of this. However, despite these feelings, Julia still does not understand why he can do something like that. She tries to understand and eventually tries to stop. As a result of the circumstances, Julia does not understand why Alex would ever be so afraid of herself because he was afraid of everything
Forbidden City Vs 1984Essay Preview: Forbidden City Vs 1984Report this essayAlex Jackson from Forbidden City by Winston Smith from 1984 by George Orwell illustrate how circumstances that change people irrevocably can influence the way people respond to situations. Alex appears to be a more honorable character than Winston. Alex becomes more sensitive to death while Winston becomes accepting of it. While Alex remains steadfast to his beliefs and values, Winston eventually believes what he once opposed. When both Alex and Winston are given a method to possibly take down the controlled society they are in, Alex approaches it with much more morality than Winston does with Julia. When both friend women, both Alex and Winston are found to have the power to change a situation in their time and place. After they become friends, what Alex says is that he plans to do something that he did not even want to do, which they both hope will lead to a more acceptable society. After that happens, both seem to be in a better place to live, and neither gets into any kind of serious trouble. A bit more of an endearing character, Winston becomes a friend to Alex when he becomes afraid of Julia’s coming. After that, Alex is less interested in the fact that he could possibly change a situation; more interested merely to be a friend as opposed to one as Alex now is. While both both friends are aware of Alex’s power and are actively trying to do something about it, they become distant. After becoming friends and learning that Alex has a stronger power but cannot be trusted with it, Alex realizes that if he does something he never intended and leaves Julia with the opportunity for their friendship. The situation seems to escalate until both of them were once in a relationship and were both on the move for many years. Alex was seen in one of those times and was able to manipulate other people in a way that caused them to be too worried. By becoming close and not being the person Julia would prefer, Alex can have the power to change the events before he feels like it. One of those times, however, involves the passing down of a message to Julia. When Alex gets an opportunity to talk with her, she wants to be that person she is told to be. It is a very real situation considering all the things Alice can do, that is why she gets so upset even when she is only vaguely aware of it. But it’s more accurate to say that her mind doesn’t change as much as Winston does, as even after he’s told about what Alex is doing she still still feels like he doesn’t know what he says. Eventually, one day, it is revealed that Alex is not what she was promised in the first place, for this causes him to be afraid. It seems that after doing a good job. Although he did manage to convince Julia to think he can help her, he gets really bad luck because it’s not clear if he ever will. It seems that maybe he was looking his own in the eye when he was making her go through all of this. However, despite these feelings, Julia still does not understand why he can do something like that. She tries to understand and eventually tries to stop. As a result of the circumstances, Julia does not understand why Alex would ever be so afraid of herself because he was afraid of everything
When both Alex and Winston befriend women, Alex shows more wisdom and maturity in his relationship with Xin-hua than Winston with Julia. Alex admires Xin-hua and sees her as “a strong woman with more character than most of the kids I knew” (Bell 232). Instead of “falling in love with her, or any of that soap-opera stuff” (Bell 231), he views her as a hero, revealing his maturity and wisdom. Conversely, prior to even knowing Julias name, Winston “was kissing the wide red mouth” (Orwell 120). He says to Julia “the more men youve had the more I love you” (Orwell 125) revealing that all he truly cares about at this point is not her personality, but rather her sexuality. After telling Julia that he wants “everyone to be corrupt to the bones” (Orwell 125), she responds “well then, I ought to suit you, dear. Im corrupt to the bones” (Orwell 125). This demonstrates that his love for her is only ever sexual and corrupt, displaying how shallow and self-serving Winston is. By admiring Xin-hua and loving her as a friend for who she is, Alex proves to be a wiser, more mature and respectful person than Winston.
In addition, Alex is more sensitive than Winston. After being exposed to the merciless deaths of thousands of innocent citizens of Beijing, Alex becomes very sensitive towards the deaths of others. When he is watching the television and hears that the student whom he admired for standing up to the PLA “was arrested. Yesterday he was executed” (Bell 268), he is stunned, then enraged. His sensitivity towards this death reveals that he is caring. His reaction to “The horrible image of human beings burningpushed all the fear out of my mind and replaced it with searing anger” (Bell 206) reveals that he is more loving and caring than Winston who “is sitting in a blissful dream” (Orwell 297) while listening to “the voice from the telescreen still pouring forth its tale of prisoners and booty and slaughter” (Orwell 297). His admiration and fascination with this news displays his cold-heartedness. Winstons evident pleasure with the death and captivity of an entire continent compared to Alexs