The place was crowded. Many journalists stared at me, am I a freak? One of them, a tall man with long hair, was smoking in the corner of the room.
- Sit down! Mr. Smith will answer your questions in one minute! Screamed a man.
I tried my best to sit but my leg injury reminded me. I smiled.
- Mister Smith, can you explain your story for the public?
- Call me Winston please. I have lived in London since I was born. I don't know any other version of London.
- Any version?
- A version without Big Brother, a version where you're not afraid of thinking, a version where nobody talked to you with a telescreen. I was scrutinized since always like a laboratory rat. We all were under surveillance! Big Brother turned us into slaves...
- It's your impression of the former politic regime?
- Of course. Tell me, do you know any other country where posters of the leaders are everywhere? Do you know another country where you're not able to speak out loud? Personally, I don't know any other. The former regime, our former regime was a dictatorship!
The tall man looked me in the eyes. A small smile at his face. He was interested by what I said. Probably...
- We had a normal life before! Exclaimed a women.
- No we didn't! It seemed normal but it wasn't. The place, the odors seemed normal but what about Big Brother? What about the constant voice in our telescreen? It was an illusion! An illusion of normality.
- Are you saying that we lived in a world of lies?
A silence. I didn't know what to answer. The truth will be like a bomb. I took a big breathe...
- Yes, we did. We were traped. Afraid to speak. Big Brother was everywhere; in the uniforms, in the posters... Like the Ministry of Truth. Or I had better say the Ministry of Lies!
Some people laughed with me.
- The Minitrue will be destroyed. One word about that?
- It's good news! We will never be trapped. We will live in peace. We will hear the sound of birds and we'll see happiness in the street. It will be a better world, a world without oppression. And I hope that our children will be happy...
- One last word Winston? Asked me the man with long hair.
I looked him in the eyes with seriousness.
- Peace, freedom and strength.
I smiled. Yes, this will be a better world...
Your text is awesome it really gives the impression of a sort of comeback in finding the novel the character understands the truth and awakening try to wake the others this is very original character becomes a kind of follow his example has to read very well and is nicely write thank you.
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For me your your text and especially the dialogues are very realistic. Wilson the main character, is very convincing and touching about his history. All the elements are well integrate and consistent with the context.
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dialogue is..
Deletethe elements are well integrateD
Frankly your text is super realistic, we have a very good description of Winston. The wounds he has on his body clearly shows the difficult living conditions that he lived. The words pronounced by Winston at the end shows that it is free to express oneself. Me who has difficulty understanding a text in English I managed to understand it and you use a good vocabulary. Bravo. ..good job :) joanie
ReplyDeleteThe words pronounced by Winston at the end shows that HE is free to express (oneself) HIMSELF.
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The text is good because I think that dialogue is well developed. We go directly into the heart of the matter, without unnecessary long sentence presentation. Perfectly include the language of the sequence, with "Big Brother", "poster", "Ministry of Truth"...
ReplyDeleteThe dialogue we really used to understand the history, it's very clear and well explicated. I've choose this text because this is him who me more inspired.