Tuesday, March 22, 2011

1984 - Robot Zombie Apocalypse

"That was above all what he wanted to hear. Not merely the love of one person, but the animal instinct, the simple undifferentiated desire: that was the force that would tear the Party to pieces." p. 126

I, for one, do not understand this apparent fascination people have with having relations in these ridiculous locations, like a forest or beach. I imagine that the forest would be extremely unpleasant. Grass is very itchy, and there are bugs everywhere, and all of the birds and bees will be watching you intently. Hey, maybe that's where that euphemism comes from! Furthermore, don't even talk to me about the beach. Beverage or not, sex on the beach has got to be one of the worst experiences imaginable. Sand is annoying.

It's full of Kool-Aid, I promise

Oh yeah. So 1984...

The party essentially wants to turn people into robot-zombies. To the Party, the ideal citizen is one who is completely void of independent thought and desire. They just go about their daily lives without really thinking, simply...existing. This, really, is the point of Newspeak. It removes the possibility of anyone being able to even use words to fathom an independent thought. There is no individuality, just small parts of the big cohesive whole. So that's why Julia's desire alone is so particularly important to Winston. A single basic human desire, like the raw desire for sex, is essentially how Winston sticks it to the party and says that he refuses to be a robot zombie. Everyone knows that robot zombies do not want sex. Only processors.

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