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Submitted by samuel on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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1984
George Orwell introduces the readers with an extravagant usage of symbols undergoing change throughout the novel 1984. A novel about a totalitarian future. To show theses changes in the novel he shows different symbols, which include: Winstons ulcer, dust, nursery rhymes and finally a glass paperweight, which Winston purchases in an antique shop, which may be the most effective change in the novel. He changes these symbols wisely as the story of a "brainwashed" world progresses. There are also a few other historical symbols as well. Orwells' symbols in 1984 enhance drastic changes throughout the novel, to contrast to the world around. These symbols help to measure the changes that occur to him.
To begin with the use of dust as a symbol is a very effective way to show the erosion and decay of life in Oceania. The machinery of government is eroding the life, and the strong mean of change. The change in the dust is both natural and effective. At the beginning of the novel, Mrs. Parsons withholds dust in the creases of her face, which suggests a dirty and kind of
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unhappy feeling with an unpleasant setting. When Winston has his diary hidden in the wall of his apartment, he places dust on the cover of it so he will know if anyone has been reading it. The diary is his only freedom, and his only chance to say what he believes. Also when a bomb explodes, Winston and Julia are covered from head to toe in dust. When just earlier, they were having sex on a dusty floor. As the story progresses the dust appears more and more. Also as the story progresses Winston's world becomes less and less likely to live in, and he eventually gets caught and is vapourized. So as the dust changes in the novel so does Winstons life. He eventually is killed when there is a lot of symbolic dust in the story.
Furthermore Winston's ulcer plays an important role in displaying the difference between Winston and the other citizens of...
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