"'At the time when it happens,' she had said, 'you do mean it.' He had meant it...'Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me--'" (293).
The most expressed theme within 1984 by George Orwell is that when one is scared to the point of possibly no return, a person will do anything to survive. They will give up food, loyalty, and even love. They will stab their best friend in the back so that they can live at least one more minute. Orwell's experiences during the wars and communist leaders have influenced his way of thinking and how he lives his life. His main character, Winston has rats shoved into his face. Rats are the one creature he is deathly afraid of, especially when they are hungry. The only thing he can think of is to bargain, and he bargains his only friend's life for his own. The rulers break him and he knows it, but he gets to leave and for a moment he is happy. Orwell is trying to portray the real message that when it comes down to life or death, mankind will do and say anything to live for as long as they can.
"George Orwell." The Literature Network.com. 22 April 2010. 2010.
http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/
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