Sunday 8 August 2010

In 1984, what are some internal and external conflicts?

Most of
the internal conflicts arise from 's unhappiness with his life, and his suspicions that it is
the Party that is the cause.  At the beginning of the novel he is absolutely miserable, and that
misery is mostly caused because he hates the Party and feels like he is the only one. He cannot
be happy with it--it is an interna, Man vs. Self issue (even though his unhappiness is caused by
the Party, Winston is conflicted with his angst about it).  He struggles each day to even have
motivation to get up in the mornings.  He wishes so badly to know more--more people who feel the
same, more about the history of the Party, and more about what causes true happiness.


So, internal conflict comes from Winston himself.  After he meets , he is conflicted
constantly about his paranoia of being caught.  It is always there, like a haze over his
happiness.  He is also internally conflicted about whether or not to make himself known to; his
fear of being caught battles with his...

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