Orwell’s 1984 is a novel that satirizes totalitarianism and utilizes contrast and contradiction throughout to emphasize the party’s use of fear, restriction of independent thought, and abhorrent tactics, such as physical and psychological torture, to further their goal of creating a unified idealistic regime. In such a regime, all logic and rational justification that was previously believed to be true, ceases to exist–the party’s word and dogma is the truth. Contrast and contradiction are introduced on the first page and continue throughout the novel, such as in the paradoxical settings, the reappearing term “victory”, the Party of the society (Ingsoc), and the ministries of the party. Their use in this novel re-emphasizes its importance
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Charrington, there seems to be a concrete established notion of trust in this location, as it is located in proletariats (proles). However, the irony behind that so-established fact of trust is that inside the shop holds his greatest fear, rats, (149) as well as the later-realized hidden telescreen. The presence of rats in the shop foreshadows and reveals the truth that the room above the shop is unsafe, and as one later realizes, leads to Smith’s downfall and demise. As these ironies and contradictions to Smith’s mindset and philosophy grow, leading into Part Three of the novel, even the mere trust Smith has with Mr. Charrington is destroyed with Smith’s arrest (from the Thought Police), symbolized by his crystal ball shattering. The term “victory” is also a contradiction evident throughout the novel. “Victory gin” is a colorless and oily beverage that “gave off a sickly, oily smell…[tasted] like nitric acid…[and] swallowing it [gave] the sensation of being hit on the back of the head” (7). Although hard to drink and unenjoyable, it is cheap, provided by the party, and relieves …show more content…
It’s primary focus on many essential elements of the Party such as the paradoxical settings, contrast in titles and words, such as “victory”, the party’s illuminating slogans, and the ministries of the party, allows the reader to empathize and fathom the abhorrent conditions and circumstances that could be present if such regime was to
Charrington, there seems to be a concrete established notion of trust in this location, as it is located in proletariats (proles). However, the irony behind that so-established fact of trust is that inside the shop holds his greatest fear, rats, (149) as well as the later-realized hidden telescreen. The presence of rats in the shop foreshadows and reveals the truth that the room above the shop is unsafe, and as one later realizes, leads to Smith’s downfall and demise. As these ironies and contradictions to Smith’s mindset and philosophy grow, leading into Part Three of the novel, even the mere trust Smith has with Mr. Charrington is destroyed with Smith’s arrest (from the Thought Police), symbolized by his crystal ball shattering. The term “victory” is also a contradiction evident throughout the novel. “Victory gin” is a colorless and oily beverage that “gave off a sickly, oily smell…[tasted] like nitric acid…[and] swallowing it [gave] the sensation of being hit on the back of the head” (7). Although hard to drink and unenjoyable, it is cheap, provided by the party, and relieves …show more content…
It’s primary focus on many essential elements of the Party such as the paradoxical settings, contrast in titles and words, such as “victory”, the party’s illuminating slogans, and the ministries of the party, allows the reader to empathize and fathom the abhorrent conditions and circumstances that could be present if such regime was to