The Ironies In Orwell's 1984

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novel completely watches over every move
a person makes keeping them controlled with fear.

The next type of irony is Situation irony, which is when a character
or a sequence of events appears to be headed one way, but it ends up as the
opposite of what was thought. One example of this is Winston's general
health. From the beginning of the book, it is shown how horrible his
health is and is continually getting worse and more difficult, but as
Winston gets involved with Julia then he begins a metamorphosis into a more
healthy person. Another major example is the betrayal of many of the
people whom Winston thought were his friends, such as Mr. Charrington and
even O'Brien- -who both worked for the Thought Police.

This book is stuffed full of irony, the entire plot of the beginning
would makes the reader expect one reaction and instead, the reader gets
twisted the complete opposite direction at the end for surprise. George
Orwell uses irony as sort of an exhibit, making ...

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