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Goldstein The Scapegoat Analysis
The meanings behind the names of Nineteen Eighty-Four each have a historical connection. Emmanuel Goldstein, the scapegoat which the Party uses to justify their surveillance activities and actions. This is an allusion to Jesus Christ from the Bible. Jesus was named “Emmanuel” at his birth; in Christian it connotates to messiah meaning “savior”. Orwell describes Emmanuel as a Jewish-like figure, which alludes to Jesus Christ and the Jews who were persecuted by the Nazis. This connect exemplifies the villianification of Goldstein by the Party. Goldstein is loathed by his people similarly to how the people that turned Jesus in where his own people (the Jews). People do not know whether Jesus truly existed or his location just as Goldstein’s existence
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