1984 #3

            Within this reading of 1984 by George Orwell, Winston is on his lunch break with his co-workers. Winston observes one of the co-workers speaking while the narrator explains “As [Winston] watched the eyeless face with the jaw moving rapidly up and down, Winston had a curious feeling that this was not a real human being but some kind of dummy” (54). There appears to be a motif of eyes within 1984. Those with large eyes, such as Winston’s mother and sister, see the truth within the world. They are not tainted by the lies of the Party. However, the eyeless characters believe everything the Party tells them. They praise Big Brother because they do not see that Big Brother is attempting to take away their free thinking. In a sense, the eyeless characters are blind to the unjust world around them.