In George Orwell’s 1984, the author uses simile to convey that Winston is like glass because he is easily able to be shattered. While being held in confinement in the Ministry of Love, Winston had “Times when his nerve so forsook him him that he began shouting for mercy even before the beating began, when the mere sight of a fist drawn back for a blow was enough to make him pour forth a confession of real and imaginary crimes” (240). Winston’s submission and capitulation before he faces punishment, and the confession of “imaginary crimes” goes to show how internally weak he is by surrendering to the will of Big Brother without any harm coming to him. His submission also shows how his resilience is easily reduced to nothing. Winston’s confessing
