Winston vs. John

    I think that John and Winston are very similar as is the relationship between O’Brien and Winston, and the relationship between Mustapha Mond and John. Mustapha Mond allowed John to come back to/join their society, to live there, to experience it. John ended up being unhappy there and wanted to leave, so Mond let him leave. After leaving John thought he was free, he thought he had gotten away and could be happy, and then everything started to go downhill. People were watching him, and bothering him, and there was a  movie about him and etc.. John became miserable and ended up hanging himself. Mond was in control the entire time. 
    I think this is very similar to what happened with O’Brien and Winston. It starts off with Winston’s diary, and Winston thinking he had managed to rebel without being caught and then it goes even further with his relationship with Julia. He thought he found the Brotherhood and was willing to rebel. Then it is revealed that the entire time the Party has known and allowed him to rebel in these ways and he and Julia get arrested. Winston gets tortured and is barely even alive. He had a brief moment of almost happiness when he got a bed and new clothes and everything else but then he got tortured again. We know that at some point Winston will be shot which brings his story to a close in a very similar manner as John’s. The entire time the Party has been in control. 

What do you think of these similarities?
What are other similarities you have noticed between 1984 and BNW?
Any other comments?

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