Dec 24, 2009

1984 | Techniques

Orwell arranged Nineteen Eighty-Four into three parts, devoting the first two thirds of the novel to creating the distorted identity of Oceania and establishing the liaison between Winston and Julia. The last third is comprised primarily of Winston's "re-education" interspersed with didactic polemic. Fusing realism and fantasy, Orwell presents a vivid impression of life as it could be in the future as well as a persuasive argument in favor of prevention. In addition, by utilizing religious metaphor to emphasize the transference of devotion into the extended arms of Big Brother,...