Examples Of Irony In 1984

Believing that O’Brien is a member of the Brotherhood and he too is opposed to the Party, Julia and Winston pay him a visit at his apartment. O’Brien tells the two that they must be willing to lose their own lives in order to take down Big Brother; however, when he asks if they would be willing to betray one another, they refuse. Winston’s hatred for Big Brother has accumulated so much that he is now willing to die solely for the sake of taking down the Party. At the start of the novel, Winston could not stand the thought of his own death. The thought haunted him, and he was not prepared for that to happen. As the story progresses and Winston is being oppressed in more and more ways, he despises the Party more than ever, and eventually is

In a general sense, irony is a rhetorical device that is characterized by incongruity in the real situation and what is expected. The deliberate use of irony, especially in literary works and speeches, is used to emphasize a point. It is a language that in some of its forms understates facts, denies the contrary of the truth, or states the opposite of the truth. In all it’s forms, it elicits a similar effect to the audience. There

"I love you" (108) was the beginning of the conflict between Julia and Winston. Love prevailed them to go against Big Brother and later to themselves. Love has caused more problems than having the hate that the government created for the good of society. “ He had suddenly understood that in the whole world there was just one person to whom he could transfer his punishment-one body that he could thrust between himself and the rats. And he was shouting frantically, over and over: “ Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me!...”(286) Towards the end of everything having love doesn't help someone as

Writers use irony to protest war in many ways. When the author in The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien states “ Ted Lavender, who was scared, carried tranquilizers until he was shot…” This is ironic because Ted is scared of dying, and ironically he is the only one who is scared but also the only one to be shot. It protests war because Ted dies, and the reader assumes Ted used the tranquilizers as a pain killer, which is not healthy or good. Also in Kevin Powers story The Yellow Birds, Irony is used. In the story Powers states “ … You are a coward and, really, cowardice is what got you into this mess because you wanted to be a man… ” This is ironic because he is a coward trying to be a man, but no matter what he does he is a coward. The

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 contains various examples of irony in each part of the story. “ “In part one of the story irony involves Montag's new friend, Clarisse McClellan, the seventeen-year-old teenager who meets him and who will come to represent a window through which Montag can begin to view a more humane reality. Early in Part I, when Clarisse introduces herself to Montag, and noting his profession, she states, "So many people are. Afraid of firemen, I mean. But you're just a man, after

When you turn on your tv in the morning, you see news, advertisements, and shows- all of them manipulate you mentally, and without you fully knowing. In many ancient and modern civilizations, people were- and are- driven by social standards and propaganda. The most effective type of manipulation that the party uses is mental manipulation.

Winston and Julia had said that they loved each other and would even die for each other. In reality, they do not even know what love really is. Winston and Julia might have said they loved each other to spare their feelings. This was said because they were only thinking about their hatred towards Big Brother and the rebellion against the government. “ ‘Do it to Julia!

the end, he loved Big Brother. Orwell has love portrayed by the Ministry of love and Winston’s love affair because their relationship resembled the only love in the Society of Oceania until Julia betrays him. Orwell is stating that in the society of Oceania, the only possible love you can have, is to love your leader, Big

The novel, ¨Fahrenheit 451¨ by Ray Bradbury is about a young firefighter, named Guy Montag who has conquered hiding his distinct feelings from the beginning of the book to the end. Montag was indecisive of his real and fake feelings because it was difficult for him to encounter his true identity through concealed factors that the world cannot see. Montag was unsure of who he was because it was so hard to find his true identity through multiple situations in a short period of time.

Winston relishes the freedom of being able to love someone in a physical and emotional way. So much of Winston's seeming rebellion turns out to be guided and influenced by the Party (Mr.

“I love you” would be said to Winston by a girl he did not know at all. His impression of her had been one of uneasiness and animosity; he questioned why she seemed to follow him around and believed her to be a member of the Thought Police or an “amateur spy.” Though he lacked any actual knowledge about the girl, Julia, he immediately accepted her initiation of a relationship. This relationship looked to be one of physical intimacy rather than any sort of emotional dependency; Winston’s fornication with Julia seemed to be his personal way of rebelling against the anti-sex policies. He would feel as though he were revolting against the Party and Big Brother and this appeared to be the only rebelling Winston would do. This type of sudden acceptance of an anti-Party offer, regardless of any evidence from the character, would not be Winston’s first. He had made eye contact with a member of the Inner Party, O’Brien, and decided “he knew...that O’Brien was thinking the same thing as himself. An unmistakable message had passed. It was as though their two minds had opened and the thoughts were flowing from one into the other through their eyes. ‘I am with you,’ O’Brien seemed to be saying to [Winston]. ‘I know precisely what [Winston is] feeling. I know all about

In the book “ The Book Thief “ irony is used a great deal of the time. Irony is an event that is different than what you would expect to happen. The book thief is about an orphan who lives with a family while the Holocaust is happening, the story is told by Death.

Any type of government faces corruption when there is a class system, because the upper class constantly aims to control and take advantage of the lower class. Within society, people have had a tendency to allow the poor and miserable to suffer, while the wealthy continue to fatten and flourish. The social order has shaped a caste system composed of upper, middle, and lower classes. In the United States, the caste system includes the lower class, the working class, and the middle class, while in dystopian societies, like 1984, there are classes such as the Proles, the Outer Party, and the Inner Party. Within the novel 1984, the author utilizes political satire to demonstrate the repercussions class structures have on society.

Haňtá’s wastepaper compressor is not the only object in the novella that can be looked at as a representation of the communist regime. Haňtá's job itself is a perfect example of the extent of the regime’s control. The mere fact that he is ordered to destroy objects of expression shows just how set the regime was on prohibiting individuality, but the strictness of his boss and the physicality of his working conditions are also quite oppressive. Haňtá works underground in a cellar type area where his machine is, and books are thrown down on top of him. His stern boss stands above ground and tosses the contraband down a hole in the cellar’s ceiling. This can be regarded as a physical representation of communist oppression; Haňtá is physically

Another dominant example of irony is the Party’s slogan: “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” (Orwell 17). The slogan is an example of superficial verbal irony. However, upon closer examination, it sheds more light on Orwell’s intent. By stating that “war is peace”, Orwell sends distinct messages to two vastly different groups. To the proles, the commoners, “war is peace” can be read at its most literal meaning, that there can one day be peace by defeating the enemy and securing victory. Despite the simple understanding the proles have of the slogan, those in the Inner Party, the group of people in charge of Oceania, have a much more devious understanding of it. To them, the slogan represents the shell game that they play with the common citizen. Much like the street gambler taking bets on which shell the rock is under, the Inner Party assures that the citizenry is focused on whatever country Oceania is fighting, rather than on the leaders of the country. This claim is further supported on page 161 where Orwell describes the futility of the wars that are being fought. “None of the three superstates ever attempts any maneuver which involves the risk of serious defeat” (Orwell 161). Rather than try to end the wars, they continue fighting to keep the minds of the working class occupied with hate. The leaders in 1984 saw that it was not advantageous to advocate a strict moral