Winston Smith's Downfall

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free thought. At the Ministry of
Truth, Newspeak words were being used to transform all literary works of the
past into an acceptable state for the present. It was factors such as these
that prompted the intellectual rebellion and desire for knowledge which
ultimately caused the downfall of Winston Smith.

As time passed, Winston Smith had a growing awareness of himself as an
individual and of the fear that the Party invoked into every aspect of life.
His decreasing ability to remember events of the past disturbed him, as he
wondered what life was like before the Revolution. His rebellion towards the
Party begins in a small way, when he begins to keep a diary for “the future, the
unborn.” He began to go to the area of London where the proletariat class, or
proles lived, in search of a connection to the past. He finds a man named Mr.
Charrington who seems to be the tie to life before the Revolution, the owner of
an antique junk shop with rooms for rent above it. His revolt ...

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