I don't want to break

In the novel 1984, the author George Orwell writes about what he thinks life will be like in the future. In part three, Chapters one to three, after being caught with Julia, Winston is being held in a prison cell in the Ministry of Love along with Mr. Parsons and Ampleforth. O’Brien is conducting Winston’s torture and says that it will cure him. After reading these three chapters of part two, I began to wonder if Winston will break because of the pain. I don’t remember a time when I hit my breaking point. This then led me to contemplate what my breaking point would be.

            I believe my breaking point would be when someone constantly takes advantage of my kindness. I think I am nice to everyone; even those whom I believe do not deserve my kindness. There are times when people take advantage of me and ask me for favors because they know I will not say no. I like being nice, but sometimes people just take advantage and it makes me angry. I have not gotten to the point where I break and I hope to never get to that point. I would really hate to be a mean person because I actually enjoy being nice. Being nice has many positive benefits like feeling good about myself and the joy of helping people. I would break if someone took advantage of my kindness.

            In final analysis, I am wondering what will be Winston’s breaking point. I have not had my breaking point yet, but when I do it will be bad. I can relate to Winston in this situation because he is going through pain which could lead to his breaking point. I do not know when I’ll break, but I hope it never happens.

 ©SamanthaSosnowski