Mr. O'Brien and Winston are the principals starrings of the novel.
Textually O'Brien tells Winston: The first thing you must realize is that power is collective. The individual only has power in so far as he ceases to be an individual..alone...free.. the human being is always defeated.
That is the first thing from O'Brien to Winston.
Answer:
One last obvious thing these two men have in common is the fact that they both served in the First World War and they both went to good schools. Nick went to Yale, with Tom, before he went to fight in WW1. And as mentioned, even though he did not go for long, Gatsby went to Oxford right after he had served in WW1.
Explanation:
They are both bodies of water