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1984: Symbolism And Irony - College Essays

1984: Symbolism And Irony

Imagine a cold, dark world with horrible living conditions and never quite enough to eat. A world of “Decaying, dingy cities where underfed people shuffled to and fro in leaky shoes, in patched-up nineteenth-century houses that smelt always of cabbage and bad lavatories.” Picture bombs dropping on playgrounds, blowing children to pieces. Imagine what it would be like if the government knew your every move, your every thought. This is the world of George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-four.” “Nineteen Eighty-four” is a novel about a society completely different from present day. Because the government constantly monitors what one is thinking or doing, the people of this society have very ...

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in a sort of eternity in the heart of the crystal” The relationship of Winston and Julia was beautiful, but was also trapped and suspended in the world of Big Brother, like the coral. The name Julia is symbolic because it represents Juliet, a name that has a connotation of romance and love. This also gives significance to the passage where Winston wakes “with the word 'Shakespeare' on his lips."
In the beginning of the novel during the “two minutes hate”, Winston is introduced to two important characters. The significance of these first two characters ironically changes as the novel progresses. “Momentarily he caught O’Brien’s eye. …But there was a fraction of a second when their eyes met, and for as long as it took to happen Winston knew—yes, he knew!…” From this point on in the novel Winston believes that O’Brien is against The Party. In the end though O’Brien turns out to be working with the Inner Party. There is another character, a dark-haired young woman that Winston ...

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Added: 8/20/2007 12:00:13 PM
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