Belonging.

So I never posted about the poem or 1984. I wasn't in the belonging group (group two) but something that wasn't said, belonging with a loved one. Like in 1984 you don't get to marry someone that you actually love. They just want you to get married to someone you don't love to make children. Doing your duty for the government. I think it's ridiculous. No one would feel loved or even be happy with someone that they are stuck for until death. Its really sad to think about.

1984

So Stariha said that we have to post our take on the poem from Walt Whitman that she gave us in class, sooooo I am going to count this as my post for the week! Anyway, when I listen to the poem and read it, I took it as like Whitman was explaining the life of this spider and what he goes through and deals with. Then off of that description he compared the life of another person. When he said the bit about the spider sending out its strings or whatever I pictured like this guy on a like pedestal in the middle of a valley with other mountains around him but his rope want not long enough to reach any of them. soooo yea that's my take!

Self worth or realization

When winstons talking to julia he says "we are the dead, i feel like he realizes that they are both dead inside, and have no joy in life, like they have no purpose. idk if thats really self worth but thats what i thought

Belonging

I think that Winston struggles with his sense of belonging all through the first book of 1984. He has no family, his love life with his wife was horrific and painful for him and he constantly searches for something to satisfy his need to fit in a normal envionment and to be able to share with others. His fellow "comrades" may wear the same clothing and work in similar jobs but most do not share in Winstons unorthodox beliefs and his hatred for the party and big brother. If they do share his ideas they all must keep quiet because of the thought police. Then.....Winston meets Julia. When she passed him the note that said "I love you" she opened his heart and soul and he reached out to connect and share with her in ways that had been repressed such as through emotional connection, sexual connection and through cognitive connection. Winston finally has someone who wants to belong to him and all that he stands for and he wants her as well.

Esteem

I found an example of esteem being met in 1984. Not for Winston but for Mr Parsons. Mr Parsons takes pride in his kids. "All they think about is the Spies, and the war of course..." and then he rambles about his AMAZING children. Actually I think the whole Spies and Junior Anti-Sex League fulfill the need of Esteem. Like "YEAH CELIBACY!!!!"

My Thought Today

I had an interesting trail of thoughts today that I thought I would share!

When we were discussing Maslow's needs I thought of how Winston mentions that no one is particularly good looking even though the government claimed to have figured out how to only show the best traits. At first I thought it showed that there was a flaw in the government. Then today I thought that maybe it was intentional. Maybe to keep their esteem low they made them all ugly. After some more thought I decided to nix the idea. I think that only Winston and a few older people even understand what beauty is.

INGSOC

So I didn't know what INGSOC was and after reading Sarah Moon's post, no one else knows either. I looked it up and here is what I found...

Ingsoc (“English Socialism”) originated after the socialist party took over, but, because The Party continually rewrites history, it is impossible to establish the precise origin of English Socialism. Oceania originated from the union of the Americas with the British Empire. Big Brother and Emmanuel Goldstein led the Party’s socialist revolution, yet Goldstein and Big Brother became enemies.