The Ruling Government In George Orwell's The Party

In George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, The Party–the ruling government in Oceania–uses the illusion of privacy and the manipulation of trust to control the people; ultimately, proving how the oppressive government strips society of their freedom and humanity. Generally speaking, the Party retains control through the illusion of privacy, especially in Winston and Julia’s circumstance. In order to continue their love affair, Winston asked Mr. Charrington–a shop owner–to lend them a room, which becomes “a world, a pocket of the past where extinct animals could walk”(150). Basically, a refuge where one can be free from the perils of constant surveillance, and openly be disobedient. Clearly, Winston and Julia had an understanding that they would eventually be …show more content…
Symbolically, the glass breaking epitomized the shattering of their delusion of any real relationship or privacy, and the end of the singing from outside represented the destruction of hope. To enumerate, no individual is safe from surveillance of the scrutiny of the party despite any false air of security they have. Furthermore, a significant deception that should be highlighted is the betrayal of Mr. Charrington. When Winston had come to him asking to rent to the room for blatant reasons he “had made no difficulty about letting the room;” (137) ironically, he even explains that “privacy [is] a very valuable thing” and told them “that there [are] two entries to the house” (137) to further assist them in their actions. Winston even went as far as to call Mr. Charrington “another extinct animal”(150) that can hold on to the past, showing the faith and trust he places in his character. Yet, in reality his help had been a mere illusion, for he had denounced the pair to the thought