O’Brien and His Puppet The novel 1984 deals with the nineteen thirties extremist views. These views were thought to be a prelude to what was to come in the year 1984. Firstly, the way in which O’Brien treats Winston leads to Winston’s admiration and masochism for O’Brien. Secondly, O’Brien seduces Winston using temptation and false allusions. Moreover, a major part of this novel is psychological control through the methods of physical and …showed first 75 words of 2151 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2151 total…can thus conclude that O’Brien is the protagonist O’Brien’s tempting and false allusions made it hard for Winston to ever even have a chance at joining the Brotherhood and rebelling against the Party. Ultimately, in O’Brien’s quest for Winston’s unconditional admiration his use of extreme torture and emotional degradation prove to be the most effective in creating the ideal Party member. Word Count- 2,224 Orwell-7 Gottlieb-1 Harris-6 Macklin-1 Miller-2 Rosenfeld-1