Chapter VIII

In this chapter, you get the feeling of how the Party and the Brotherhood are reasonably similar. O’Brien stated that Goldstein really does exist and he is the leader of their Party as know as the Brotherhood. How can they be so sure that Brotherhood really does exist and if they do how come they didn’t take a stand yet. What are they waiting for? If it is like O’Brien said that their others like them who are against the Party why don’t they take a stand and protest. In my opinion I don’t really see the difference between the Party and the Brotherhood. When you really think about it you see that they are so similar in so many ways. Winston would kill others, put acid on children face or kill himself if it’s necessary, just for what? It’s just like what the Party would have done as well. They kill if it’s necessary, the Party member suicide when they think they did something wrong. Isn’t it similar to what the Brotherhood is doing, they kill others if it’s necessary and they will kill themselves when they get caught. In the end they have to confess if they do get caught by the Thought Police, so where does their effort goes? It doesn’t go anywhere; YOU still DIE no matter what. Winston is too jubilated because he is finally taking a big step going against the Party to realize that what he is doing is wrong. He is jeopardizing his life to O’Brien, and I am still not sure to trust O’Brien or NOT.