4. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) attributes

"He did not know what had made him pour out this stream of rubbish. But the curious thing was that while he was doing so a totally different memory had clarified itself in his mind, to the point where he almost felt equal to writing it down." (Orwell, Part 1 Chapter 1)


     The attribute I selected was courage. Prior to the quote I selected, Winston had written an entry about the world they live in. This may not seem like, but within the context it is quite couragous. The dystopian world is one in which everyone is under constant surveillance. Or at the very least, as Winston mentions, it's safe to assume you are always being watched, because it almost always true.

   In the story Just Lather That's All Captain Torres shows a great example of courage. Throughout the story Torres has seemed to unwittingly put himself in grave danger. But what he says at the end tells us otherwise. "They told me that you'd kill me. I came to find out. But killing ain't easy. You can take my word for it." (Tellez). So we learn that in fact Captain Torres has walked in to the barber shop knowing full well that he could be killed. This means that he wasn't unwittingly walking in on danger, but courageously challenging the barber. 

"The ideal set up by the Party was something huge, terrible, and glittering—a world of steel and concrete, of monstrous machines and terrifying weapons—a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting—three hundred million people all with the same face." (Orwell, 77)
What we see from this quote is what the Party (the controlling power) values. Such values, if went against, would have severe consequences. So even writing your thoughts down would get you vaporized. 










     Tellez, Hernando. "Just Lather, That's All."redirecting your request. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Apr. 2013. http://www2.ups.edu/faculty/velez/LAS100/tellez.htm