1984 And Animal Farm Essay

Dystopian societies will often show signs of totalitarianism and dictatorship. George Orwell does a pretty good job at expressing the thought of a dictatorship and totalitarianism through his novels. 1984 and Animal Farm have pretty big influences from the historical events that were going on in Orwell’s time, such as the Nazis and the Soviet Union. Throughout his writing that theme comes up quite a bit. 1984 and Animal Farm demonstrates irony, tone, and foreshadowing, Orwell addresses them to express the hopelessness of the two dystopian novels. Irony is a big thing in life and novels, whether it’s dramatic, verbal, or situational Orwell shows it in all of his novels. “Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansion, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him” (1984 1). This shows situational irony, the appartment is called Victory Mansion, so the reader would assume that it’s really grand and beautiful, but in reality, the apartments are trashy, the lift doesn’t work, and there’s a smell of …show more content…
Orwell shows foreshadowing a lot in his novels. With Animal Farm and 1984, they are completely different, however they both have foreshadowing. “Now that he had recognized himself as a dead man it became important to stay alive as long as possible” (1984 28). Winston has a diary, which is basically against the law in Oceania, he know’s if anyone would find the diary he would be vaporized or he would get forced into a labor camp. “Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates. But it was noticed that these two were never in agreement” (Animal Farm 31). Orwell shows foreshadowing by saying that Napoleon and Snowball don’t agree on anything, so we as the readers, will assume that Napoleon will soon take over and control