English I Projects

    The relationships of Winston and Julia in “1984” and of George and Lennie in “Of Mice and Men” are similar because being together made them stronger. Basically, both pairs had qualities to them that brought out the best in each other. In “Of Mice and Men,” George and Lennie stuck together, even when their friendship was questioned because they believed that they “ got a future.” This line in the book is a testament to why George and Lennie were so close and what they were working towards everyday. Likewise, in “1984,” Winston lived in fear of the Party discovering his Thoughtcrimes but Julia made “the desire to stay alive [well] up in him.” The fact that George feels this in a dreary world, shows how much Julia just lit up his life. Ultimately, the two duos accentuated each other to a great extent and brought them great companionship to the very end.

  The choices made in “Of Mice and Men” by George and in “1984” by Winston are similar because it revolves around the concept of letting go of a loved one out of fear. In other words, George and Winston both gave up their closest friend in an attempt to ease their worries. In “Of Mice and Men,” George finds Lennie but hears the workers nearing them and before anyone could get Lennie, “he pulled the trigger.” George kills Lennie himself because he knew that if one of the workers got to him first, Lennie would go out in fear and that was the last thing he wanted. Similarly, in “1984,” Winston is tortured with his number one fear, rats, for his crimes against the Party and out of fear, he screams that they “do it to Julia!” Winston gave in to that fear and betrayed the relationship he built with Julia just to get away from the rats. If George and Winston didn’t give up their partners, they would’ve been in so much more pain than what they imagined and cause more ruckus.

  The characters of Lennie from “Of Mice and Men” and the citizens of Oceania from “1984” are similar because they both exhibit a degree of blind following. Essentially, Lennie and Julia both have people who they let control their beings. In “Of Mice and Men,” Lennie comes off as a follower, going with whatever George says with no objection like when he “choked with pride. “I can remember,” he said.” The fact that he says this shows that he has such strong loyalty to George and want to appease him to every degree. Similarly, in “1984,” the citizens of the dystopian world all do what the Party tells them to do, even “ in the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. ” The author includes this to show that the citizens' blind loyalty to the Party has been instilled in them so strongly, they don’t dare to think about anything else. If Lennie and the citizens of Oceania thought more for themselves instead of people bossing them aro...