"The needed only to rise up and shake like a horse shaking off flies"(73).
George Orwell compares the proles to horses and the party to flies on the back of a horse. This is demonstrated with the use of a simile. The reason of comparing proles to horses is because of the immense strength shown by booting the opposing party. The main use of this simile is to show how dominant a unit can be if they come together for the same goal.¬
"Day and night the telescreens bruised your ear with statistics proving that people today had more food, more clothes, better houses, better recreations… than the people of fifty years ago" (77).
This party uses these farfetched stats in their favour into making others believe that they have done a lot for society,
George Orwell compares the proles to horses and the party to flies on the back of a horse. This is demonstrated with the use of a simile. The reason of comparing proles to horses is because of the immense strength shown by booting the opposing party. The main use of this simile is to show how dominant a unit can be if they come together for the same goal.¬
"Day and night the telescreens bruised your ear with statistics proving that people today had more food, more clothes, better houses, better recreations… than the people of fifty years ago" (77).
This party uses these farfetched stats in their favour into making others believe that they have done a lot for society,