1984 2

Winston is having doubts about what the Big Brother and the State are selling because he knows that what they are saying isn't right. He knows that they are suppressing people's free will, and something that is that constricting is not something that should be easily bought in to. Winston notices this, and that is why he doubts them, and Winston demonstrates his feelings when he expresses his thoughts in book one by saying, "In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy." Winston's doubts are not acts of rebellion because thinking should not be something that is illegal. It is completely different to think about treason then to actually commit treason. If Winston protest it shouldn't be illegal either, or rebellious. Protesters do what they do to convey a message, or prove a point. They don't protest because they think that it is fun, but they do because they think their message is one that needs to be brought to the public's attention. The American society is beginning to fit the stereotype Orwell portrays in his literature because they turn a blind eye when things are going down hill, but once that failure gets too late, and begins to affect them they become upset and protest. If they had stood up for what they believed in earlier, they would not be in the place they are now. The protesters trying to "occupy" wall street are a perfect example of this.