1984 Rhetorical Analysis
In this passage from 1984 by George Orwell, Winston is admiring the prole woman below hanging diapers because she loves her family and will even ignore the care of her own body to be helpful towards her family. He is showing that he admires the caring and maternal aspects of this woman and how simple her life is. This passage allows the reader to understand his respect towards the prole life and his desire for a caring figure and simplicity in his own life. Orwell uses a couple different tones here such as a nostalgic one as well as a happy one to prove to you that it is an important quality in Winston’s eyes. He also contrasts the behavior of the woman to that of Julia, who is not respectful of the woman because she does not admire the
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By using this tone, the reader is happy and remembers all of the things that a caring person has done selflessly for them. An example of this tone in the passage could be when Winston is talking about the woman, he says “The woman down there had no mind, she had only strong arms, a warm heart, and a fertile belly.” This quote makes the woman sound very motherly and also that she is devoted to her family and to make them happy. This is very personal for most readers because they may know a person with these attributes or they may even have these attributes. In this quote, you can see in Winston that he admires her devotion to her family and that she is strong and supportive of her kin. This could possibly mean that he misses a person with those attributes in his life and that is why he is so respectful of the woman. Another thing that makes this passage seem happy was the way that Orwell writes Winston’s description of the environment that they are in. He says, “He had the feeling that the sky had been washed too, so fresh and pale was the blue between the chimney pots.” The diction in this quote, using very calm and kind of refreshing words like pale and fresh, makes you feel calm and happy. That is important because those words were put there to make you feel happy and calm. There are other words that could have been put there to make you feel anxious or stressed such as, blank or empty. By using the words that he did, Orwell was able to create a calm environment for both Winston and the
By using this tone, the reader is happy and remembers all of the things that a caring person has done selflessly for them. An example of this tone in the passage could be when Winston is talking about the woman, he says “The woman down there had no mind, she had only strong arms, a warm heart, and a fertile belly.” This quote makes the woman sound very motherly and also that she is devoted to her family and to make them happy. This is very personal for most readers because they may know a person with these attributes or they may even have these attributes. In this quote, you can see in Winston that he admires her devotion to her family and that she is strong and supportive of her kin. This could possibly mean that he misses a person with those attributes in his life and that is why he is so respectful of the woman. Another thing that makes this passage seem happy was the way that Orwell writes Winston’s description of the environment that they are in. He says, “He had the feeling that the sky had been washed too, so fresh and pale was the blue between the chimney pots.” The diction in this quote, using very calm and kind of refreshing words like pale and fresh, makes you feel calm and happy. That is important because those words were put there to make you feel happy and calm. There are other words that could have been put there to make you feel anxious or stressed such as, blank or empty. By using the words that he did, Orwell was able to create a calm environment for both Winston and the