The Ironies Of Orwell's 1984

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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 it virtually the "how to ...

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