Simile and 1984 George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, is not particularly known for his skill with word craft, but rather his eerily predictive dystopian themes. However, Orwell’s use of simile in 1984 illustrates an imaginative ability to create vivid imagery.

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Types of Figurative Language

• Simile.
• Metaphor.
• Personification.
• Onomatopoeia.
• Oxymoron.
• Hyperbole.
• Allusion.
• Idiom.

George Orwell’s “1984” is a good example of an Allegory. In 1984, George Orwell describes this world that is taking place in the year 1984 as a warning of what may happen to our world. He is giving a warning abotu what could happen to soceity if people do not recognize what is going on and make changes.

The ultimate irony is that Winston, a symbol of rebellion and protest, is ultimately bested by the system he hates and fights against, and at last is made to see the world in the topsy-turvy way the novel describes; this becomes clear when he admits that he loves Big Brother. Oceania’s society is entrenched in irony.

In 1984, what do these 3 slogans mean: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength? In 1984, “War is peace” refers to the idea that by placing the nation in a constant state of war, individuals are motivated to ignore their discontent with their government, thus ensuring an unending domestic peace.

situational irony

Winston thought this was ironic because he knew the woman’s own husband had been vaporized. There is also Ampleforth, a man a few cubicles away who is especially good with rhymes. His job it is to alter poetry the Party deems unacceptable in some way but wants to keep.

work

Winston is an Outer Party member, which is basically this story’s version of a middle class. As a records editor at the Ministry of Truth, his job is to literally rewrite history, revising old newspaper articles so they’re in line with the Party’s current vision of the truth.

The Party slogan is a string of irony claiming that opposites–like war and peace, or freedom and slavery–are equal to one another. It names its Ministries, the centers of its power, ironically as well. The Ministry of Truth is concerned with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture, and the Ministry of Peace with war.

Italicized type is used: To specify titles of certain creative works Such works are: books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets/booklets, plays, long poems, movies, TV shows, radio shows, musical compositions, choreographic works, works of visual art, comic strips, and software programs.

The name Ministry of Love is an example of verbal irony: this ministry is a place of torture, not love. As an example of situational irony, the Ministry of Love is a place where people deemed a threat to the state are starved, beaten, electrocuted, terrorized, and dehumanized.

What is an unperson? It is more than just not being alive. A person who has been killed and they have been erased from history.

Awakening from a troubling dream, Winston Smith tells Julia that he is responsible for the death of his mother. He recalls being hungry as a child and begging for food. One day, he stole a piece of chocolate from his small, weak sister and ran outside to eat it, not returning for a few hours.

He is writing for O’Brien because he thinks O’Brien is on his side.

Originally Answered: Was Winston Smith killed at the end of the book “1984”? He didnt die but he was no longer a free thinker. At the end of the novel there was a battle going on the African front which if Oceania had lost would have been big blow for them.

Why is Julia attracted to Winston? By having a relationship that is not condoned by the Party with someone else who despises the Party, Julia is breaking the rules imposed by Oceania, which gives her more pleasure than anything else.