Blog Post # 15 The Week of May 4th (may the 4th be with you)

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I would like to think that I much like Winston think and rebel against the general public's ideas and beliefs. But I feel like in reality my thoughts aren't actually that original form everyone else. I mean yes I question things that are happening around me but doesn't everyone question something? That's just basic human nature. As I read this chunk 1984 I wondered if Winston was the only one that questions the party and Big Brother. I wondered If he was the only one that didn't agree with the way the world is. If questioning you're surroundings is basic human nature then why isn't anyone else around Winston questioning Big Brother and The Party?  As I thought of this I came to the conclusion that maybe the people around him have just lost all of their humanity. Maybe they don't question because they are so brainwashed and oppressed that questioning their surroundings doesn't even pop in their brains anymore. That made me really think about what happens to your way of thinking after you have lost all your humanity and control over your own thoughts and feelings. I would like to think that I would be a lot like Winston If I was a character in 1984. I would like to think I would be against the Party and Big Brother. But sadly I think I would be like everyone around him. I think that after I lost my humanity I would just give in and follow everyone else. Without humanity what are you? Nothing, you're nothing with out you're humanity.