I think Winston is reliable. no matter how much reason they might put into it showing his faltering beliefs of the history before he had changed them, Julia, and O'Brien. people say he is unreliable because he changes his mind about julia. his thoughts on julia changed because he had a bad first impression of her. he eventually found out that she too, wanted to defeat the party. and o'brien, he thought was a friend to him and an ally to revolution against the party. he was wrong in this assumption or thought but does that make him unreliable? of course not, and why? because it was an impression. not a bad narrative because he isnt narrating it in the first place. its 3rd person right?? there are two versions of his mothers death. one, winston sees his mother sink in a ship. the second winston taking his sisters share of chocolate and eating it. the first is actually a dream or an analogy of how the union of his mother and he were broken. the second he recalls in his torture with the ministry of love. by the way, he also loses track of time when he is being tortured. and since he admits this he is not trying to convince anyone what time it is and whatever else they may presume.
"Misdirection. What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes. "- Gabriel Shear
Winston knows what he is talking about because he believes in it. If you believe in yourself and are trying to explain it to others who dont comprehend are you lying or being unreliable?
and victory gin, alcohol and other foreign substances release inhibitions of people. they are more likely to express themselves without thinking of the consequences.
ps i had about 5 shots of 20 year old, 120 proof, cognac before writing this
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Rock ON MR. HAN
How can a narrator be reliable if he is intoxicated nearly the entire time. Before beginning his journal he enjoys a tea cup full of gin. Nothing presented to him, nor anything around him are true. The party has done everything in their power to hide the truth, and even with Winston's few moments of "truth" and evidence of it, how can we trust him? If he has no understanding of the world around him, and his beliefs are presented to us in an altered state, it is difficult to believe him. How do we even know that any of this happened?
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