爱并非无所不能，但没有了爱，人也就成了行尸走肉。1984的主人公Winston是如何意志崩溃的？

The main character, Winston Smith, is a seemingly normal member of society, but secretly, he is not happy with the way he has to live. He begins committing quiet acts of rebellion（反抗）. He buys a diary to write his thoughts down, he starts an affair（男女之间的关系） with a woman named Julia. Neither Writing down your own thoughts nor having an affair is allowed in Oceania.

主人公Winston是一个体制内的小人物，出于一个有灵性和智慧的人的本能，对于国家告知的有关历史与现实的信息，对于生活方式上的高度统一，彼此揭发造成的紧张，非常不满，但又只能选择默默忍受，以悄悄写日记和谈恋爱的方式表达他的反叛。就连这都是不被允许的

His secret lover, Julia, is a young and attractive （吸引力）woman. Different than Winston who is more intelligent（智性上的）, Julia’s rebellion is shown in subtle （微妙的）ways through her love affair with Winston, as well as with the other men before him. She is a free spirited woman who chooses to live for her own fulfillment （满足）and happiness.

Julia, 书中的女主人公，Winston的秘密情人，并不像Winston那样在理性层面追求真相，对社会该有的样子也没有主动的诉求，她年轻任性，有直接的本能，喜欢漂亮东西，不愿意被禁锢，她用她年轻的身体和欲望来反抗铁桶一样的社会。不被批准的爱与性，是具有破坏力的个人表达，在大西洋国是叛逆的一种，婚姻家庭，都必须被组织安排。Winston与Julia的秘密的恋爱是他们也许各具理由但同样需要的抗争。是压抑生活里的一点彼此安慰。

Winston is afraid they will be arrested for having rebellious thoughts. However his hatred of the Party grows more and more intense. He wants to join the Brotherhood, a mysterious organization dedicated to rebellion. A man named O’Brien reaches out to him and recruits him and Julia for the rebellion. Eventually O’Brien is revealed to be a member of the Thought Police and a spy for the Party. Winston and Julia are arrested and separated.

Winston想参加反抗组织，结果被诱骗和出卖，被THought Police发现了他和Julia秘密租住的房间，他偷偷写的日记和读的书。其实WInston并没有任何实质性的反抗活动，他仅仅是作出了个人私密表达，读书写日记爱一个人，这些再正常不过的事情, 在大西洋国被认为是Thought Crime，思想犯罪，他们便面临着逮捕和之后的思想改造。

Winston is tortured（折磨） for months. The purpose of the torture is to re-educate Winston. 2+2 does not equal 5, as Any reasonable person would agree with. To the Party, it does not matter what is fact and what is not. Whatever the Party says is true, is the truth. O’Brien tortures Winston to try and get him to accept the Party’s word as truth. As the novel says, "Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once".

2+2=5是这本小说里的著名标志句子，对Winston的身体折磨是为了让他放弃自己的理性判断。双重思想，doublethink也是1984这本书里首创的词。书里浓墨重彩地详细描述了Winston逐渐放弃理性的过程，2+2等于几不再重要。读起来极为抑郁，但是极为真实。人都有自己的弱点。Winston也只是一个普通人。

The torture is not just physical（身体上的）. It is also psychological（心理上的）. Winston finally cracks under the torture once he is forced to face his greatest fear: rats. Winston is terrified（极为害怕的）. He shouts out, "Do it to Julia!”. He has betrayed （背叛）her, his love, the strongest thing that made him an individual, and not a mindless（无想法的）, robotic （机器人）follower of the Party. By betraying Julia, he has betrayed himself as an individual（个人）.

Thought Police在心理层面的折磨非常精准，他们深知Winston最怕什么，在面对老鼠的时候，Winston喊出来了去撕咬Julia吧, 他的意志崩溃了。我必须说当我读到“Do it to Julia”这一句的时候是非常悲哀的。爱，本是人类最为高贵的感情，我们总觉得它无所不能，在流行的艺术创作里，爱的神奇力量足以拯救世界，但1984里，面对THought Police ，Winston放弃了爱的忠诚，放弃了作为一个人的尊严与理性，他的精神垮了，他被大洋国驯服了。摧毁爱的是什么？深植内心的恐惧。

This novel is very depressing （郁闷）because there is no way for anyone to have any form of individuality. The government is all powerful and has the capability to control the thoughts of its citizens. Ultimately,（最终） Winston breaks（崩溃）, and is brainwashed（洗脑）. There is no hope of success.