How do fear and anxiety influence characters' choices and actions? Fear is a human emotion that begins when a person is in danger of being hurt. Anxiety is a thought in the human mind where they think that something might harm them. In George Orwell's novel, 1984, the protagonist, Winston Smith, experiences these two issues over and over again as he tries to understand the world of Oceania and the rules of government created by Big Brother. With the novel divided into three sections, each with their own different points, Winston moves from anxiety to fear, back to anxiety, to real fear, and finally to defeat. The first section of the novel explains the world in which Winston Smith lives. Anxiety is more common in this section of the book. Winston has heard of people being vaporized and becoming non-people, but he has never seen such a thing happen. Winston did or thought things that made him anxious. However, he also knew that there were things allowed by the Party that were not within the law but could still sometimes be done. Winston bought a book as a diary, this was wrong and he hid the book from the Party. This action is noted when Winston went to the corner and thought about the book: "But it was also suggested to him by the book he had just taken out of the drawer." (Orwell,9) Buying the book was not a serious crime. Winston still didn't want anyone to know about the book, so he hid in the corner of his room while he wrote. Winston had bought the book so he could write on the smooth pages, write thoughts about the government and Big Brother. No one in the Party was allowed free thought, and writing was a form of free thought. He knew this and started writing in the book anyway. “Group member… center of paper… gs.” (Orwell,239) Winston was alive but had become a non-person. O'Brian had taken everything from Winston and had nothing of value to the government or anyone else. O'Brian had carried out the task of reintroducing Winston into the laws of the Party and the government of Oceania. Winston Smith had been trained to know that when the government is powerful, when the government controls all technology, all public history and law and order, there is little a person can do. His only choice was to join this company. Society was all that remained after the mice and Julia's betrayal. He had betrayed himself and had to accept his choice. Fear and anxiety, when presented simultaneously, can lead a person to make choices for their survival regardless of what they believe or what they think they can accept through torture..