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Alluding to Stalin, …
Alluding to Stalin, Orwell uses the omnipotent Big Brother’s “black-moustachio’d face” as a metonymy for authority’s degradation of cultural collective experiences.
Moreover, the symbolic representation of Big Brother…
Moreover, the symbolic representation of Big Brother is used as a “guise… to exhibit itself [the Party] to the world” to unify the collective love and patriotism of the Party into a singular tangible individual, deifying Big Brother to satisfy the need for organised religion
The religious aspect of Big Brother is further depicted through the burlesque Two Minutes Hate, a broth of swirling emotions, …
The religious aspect of Big Brother is further depicted through the burlesque Two Minutes Hate, a broth of swirling emotions, conforming the individual to the collective “hideous ecstasy of fear and vindicativeness” and stripping intricacy and compassion.
Furthermore, the metatextual fabrication…
Furthermore, the metatextual fabrication of “Comrade Ogilvy, who had never existed… would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar” embodies the distortion of reality, inciting inconsistencies within the collective memories of society.
The satirical portrayal of Newspeak…
The satirical portrayal of Newspeak, “the official language of Oceania”, accentuates how language can be abused to degrade the expression of the collective
The purpose of Newspeak, the suppression of linguistic proficiency,…
The purpose of Newspeak, the suppression of linguistic proficiency, is conveyed through Syme who “shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
The suppression of the individual is expressed through the growth of Winston as a protagonist,…
The suppression of the individual is expressed through the growth of Winston as a protagonist, initially suffering the ignominy of a “varicose ulcer”, a physical manifestation of Winston’s repressed humanity
Furthermore, Orwell uses a glass paperweight to symbolise…
Furthermore, Orwell uses a glass paperweight to symbolise Winston’s romantic experiences in the relationship with Julia, “fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal”.
Throughout Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell continually juxtaposes the dehumanisation of the proles…
Throughout Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell continually juxtaposes the dehumanisation of the proles, considered to be “natural inferiors” to accentuate that in a collectively suppressed society, the privileged grow insensitive to the intricacies of the proletariats to ultimately assert that the loss of empathy degrades the authenticity and intricacy of one’s humanity
