Winston, in 1984, works for “Big Brother”, which is another name for the government. Winston has a deep hatred for the government and seems to be the only person to know what the government is doing. Winston meets a young woman name Julia, she works for the government just like winston. Julia also …show more content…
Montag loves his job and takes pride in what he does. Montag Winston is brainwashed into thinking books are bad, until he meets an outgoing young woman named Clarisse. Clarisse is an another rebell in society, she watches television and loves reading books. When these two meet, she tells Montag all about different books and how they fascinate her. Keep in mind that all of this is illegal. Montag learns what his government is making him do is bad, and doesn't work as a firemen anymore. He becomes a book person and the government doesn't like this one bit. They try to kill Montag but he remains victorious, he is not brainwashed anymore and is an enlightened new person.
These two characters end up going two different ways, one of them gets what he wants, the other proves that Big Brother is all powerful afterall. Montag ends up loving books and being around books. He became one of the book people, and can read to his heart's content. Winston,wanting to be with Julia, can't because Big Brother brainwashed him for good, keeping him just another slave for the government.
Winston and Montag have a lot of similarities and a lot of differences. They both work for their totalitarian governments, and also rebel against them. The two women that they meet are the reasons for their rebellion. While one character gets a happy ending another does