1984 part 2

In my opinion, Winston is so conflicted between doing his job and doing what he thinks is right because he remembers a time when the Party wasn't in control. He remembers that there wasn't all of this hardship and suffering before the Party's revolution. He knows that the Party is a lie because it is his job to create their lies. His small acts of defiance are a form of protest because he is very slightly disrupting the order and the stability of the Party. His protests cannot be compared to the protests that are seen today. The people who are occupying Wall Street do not know what they want, and even if they did, they probably would not be able to unite and accomplish it. When Winston joins the secret Brotherhood, he has joined a complex society with it's own hierarchy and chain of command. The members of the Brotherhood understand what they are doing and know exactly why they are doing it. The masses see this type of protesting as futile and pointless. The government is probably a little more concerned, but that is just because it is natural for the government to be worried whenever some people are in a state of unrest. I do not think that the protest of today are anything like what Winston and the Brotherhood are doing to the Party.