‘1984’ is written by George Orwell and follows the character Winston throughout his life and his constant struggles with the party fabricating truth, changing truth and controlling truth. Orwell uses a variety of techniques to get across the point of ‘who decides truth’ in the dystopian setting of Eurasia. Orwell does this through Winston himself and also characters talking to Winston through certain literary techniques which are often obvious. Orwell uses Winston to showcase fabrication of truth in this dystopian setting using the quote “It struck me as curious that you can create dead men but not living ones”. Winston says this after being given the task to re-write an article about a fallen soldier which never existed. Orwell uses the
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The quote “whatever the party holds to be truth, is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the party”. Orwell uses the literary techniques of to show that truth is indeed controlled by the party and what they hold to be true is true. This also implies that if they decide something to be untrue or unworthy that it will be eliminated immediately. Orwell positions the audience in the direction of that the thoughts of the audience from earlier have now been confirmed out loud by a member of the party. The quote “who controls the past’ ran the party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ And yet the past, though its nature alterable, never has been altered” Orwell uses the literary technique of paradox in this statement as although at first glance it appears reasonable the more you dive into it the more illogical and silly the slogan is. The audience is again confirmed by the fact that the party is in absolute 110% control of Eurasia and that as aforementioned that the parties wish is the people's command.
Throughout the entirety of ‘1984,’ George Orwell uses many techniques to put across the idea of ‘What is truth’ to the audience. Orwell uses specific characters to push forward the ideas and ‘warning’ of what could happen if the world kept trending the way it was into Orwell’s idea of a dystopian
The quote “whatever the party holds to be truth, is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the party”. Orwell uses the literary techniques of to show that truth is indeed controlled by the party and what they hold to be true is true. This also implies that if they decide something to be untrue or unworthy that it will be eliminated immediately. Orwell positions the audience in the direction of that the thoughts of the audience from earlier have now been confirmed out loud by a member of the party. The quote “who controls the past’ ran the party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ And yet the past, though its nature alterable, never has been altered” Orwell uses the literary technique of paradox in this statement as although at first glance it appears reasonable the more you dive into it the more illogical and silly the slogan is. The audience is again confirmed by the fact that the party is in absolute 110% control of Eurasia and that as aforementioned that the parties wish is the people's command.
Throughout the entirety of ‘1984,’ George Orwell uses many techniques to put across the idea of ‘What is truth’ to the audience. Orwell uses specific characters to push forward the ideas and ‘warning’ of what could happen if the world kept trending the way it was into Orwell’s idea of a dystopian