George Orwell 1984 Rhetorical Analysis

In Oceania when you step out of line, you will be punished accordingly. That is the message George Orwell tries to get across to his reader in 1984. Since that is the notion he is trying to get his reader to understand as the author in this book, he obeys that rule as well. Orwell uses many literary devices and techniques such as symbolism, metaphors, tone, allusions, and many more… to make the reader understand what kind of society Winston is living in. The tone of 1984 is very gloomy and the setting of the story takes place is in a war inspired type of location. The party members, such as Winston, are treated like prisoners. They are not allowed to speak at their lunch table, they are not permitted to think, and every single action of
So completely did they dwarf the surrounding architecture”.(pg.6). Also, they are being so tall and structured, represents the fact that they don’t plan on ever leaving; the ministries are there to stay, and take over the society. The pyramids also reinforce the image of hierarchy in 1984. All the big jobs were done in the ministries. “Ironically though, the most frightening one to Winston is the ministry of love. It does not have windows, and he walks half a kilometer away from it when he passes by”. (pg.6). The ministry of love is impossible to enter, for one to get inside the ministry of love, they must be doing official
“When Winston is in the two-minute hate, he describes Goldstein as being a sheep, even his voice turns into the bleat of a sheep.” (pg.17). The referencing of a sheep in literature symbolizes a follower. “The hate rose to its climax…and for an instant the face turned into that of a sheep.”(pg.17). In Orwell’s story, Goldstein’s face on the telescreen turns into a sheep when all the party members get all riled up. This is an allusion done by Orwell to make the reader connect the party members to sheep. The climax of the two-minute hate is when Goldstein is bashing everything Big Brother has worked so hard to achieve in Oceania, and that is when the party members start getting annoyed. Although the question is why do they get annoyed? The party members are brainwashed and do not want what supposedly happened to Goldstein to happen to them. The party members are to be seen as sheep because they all follow Big Brother, their leader, and they do as their told and are punished accordingly if they disobey. They have no say in anything therefore, they might as well be