It is hard to imagine that the powerful individual, Stalin, was once a peasant himself who was always under strict rule of the Tsarist regime. Stalin, as a young man who hated the political system he was under, was introduced to Marxism, a political philosophy which he became very interested in and devoted to. Marxism is a theory that the class system should be destroyed and that all citizens should be completely equal. Stalin, however, upon achieving authority, oppressed his countrymen unlike any other leader in history, forcing them to work unbelievably hard and killing 30 million people. In George Orwell's 1984, the main character, Winston, is also the enemy of an oppressive regime, as Stalin was. Winston was under a political system where the Party, with Big Brother as its leader, had complete control over its citizens; Winston found the Party's methods unjust and wished for its overthrow, resulting in Winston's rebellious actions. Similarly, both Stalin and Winston believed in a system where there is no such thing as different classes, and one where there is no oppression. Stalin's actions later on match those of Winston when both go into opposition against their current political systems. Stalin, like Winston, would have a hideout where illegal actions were carried out. Yet ironically, when Stalin did gain power, he himself became a kind of Big Brother. I have come to believe that Stalin, the perfect fit for Big Brother's image, was once himself similar to the role played by Winston, and that this dramatic change is due to doing whatever he saw was to his advantage at a certain moment or his current situation that would put him under less control and give him more power; unlike Stalin, Winston wasn't able to escaping control, instead was crushed by the Party.
             Winston, to start with, lived in Oceania under the oppressive control of the Party which was lead by Big Brother, similar to the politi...