Character analysis: Tom Parsons vs Winston Smith

Tom Parsons
             Tom Parsons is Winston's neighbor, part of the working class. Mr. Parsons is a "sweaty, fat, pink-faced and fair-haired" person who Winston despises for his non-questioning acceptance of all that he is told to do by the party. Parsons has two kids and a wife of which the two kids are like spies that belong and work for the government in finding those who commit thought crime. Tom is not very smart but if there is one thing he is sure about and believes in fully is in the party claims and its doctrine. Parsons is active in his community groups and is Winston's coworker.

Winston Smith
             Winston Smith is a 39 year old character in the book named after Winston Churchill withe the common last name of Smith. He is very brave and loving character who takes plenty of risk with the party despite the dangers. Winston risk getting caught by the party plenty of occasions: with his "diary" or journal, with his love for Julia and the rent of a junk room above a junk shop to use to spent lovely time with Julia. The latter makes Winston a brave man and full of love taking a risk so great to be able to spend it with Julia. Winston works with the Ministry of Truth and despite his belief in the party at first comes to open his eyes and realize all the lies the party has as a government on it people. His job in the Ministry of Truth is to correct so called "errors" to trick the people into living an enormous lie. There are time when Winston has felt lonely as a cause of the knowledge of reality as expressed in the following: "He felt as though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the monster. He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable. What certainty had he that a single human creature now living was on his side? And what way of knowing that the dominion of the Party would not endure forever?"

C&C
            Tom Parson is a "foil character" to Winston Smith. A foil character is a character that exhibits opposite or conflicting traits to another character is called a foil. When an author uses a foil, they want to make sure that the reader is picking up on important attributes and characteristics of a main character. In this case Tom Parsons and Winston Smith have several differences but share a common fait as well as certain ambitions. Despite the physical features, Winston is more agile and smarter, he is able to realize and see the reality of what the party is doing while Tom is blind to all of the latter as well as anything in general. Tom belief fully in the party while Winston does not. On the other hand though The both are ambitious to stay on faithful to their beliefs. They share a common fait of incarcerations although for different reasons. In the end both characters share the characteristic of denial. They know that they are at risk of having issues with the party one for his secrets and the other for his kids, but both life a life in denial of a change they maintain their life the way it is which lead them to the incarcerated fait.