Reality exists in the human mind and nowhere else.

During the Socratic seminar on Friday I don’t recall anybody really backing this statement up with the book so that is what I am going to do. In 1984 Winston is able to see reality only in his mind. When you delude yourself into thinking that you see something you assume that everyone else sees the same thing that you are seeing. But it is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the party. During the interrogation O’Brian is interrogating Winston and is attempting to convince him that reality does not truly exist and that only the party has the wisdom to determine what reality is. O’Brian also makes an effort to show that Winston’s understanding of his existence is something that is destroying him while making him delusional and therefore he must submit to the ways of the party to finally become a sane human being and a cogent member in society.