In George Orwell's novel 1984, Orwell uses symbols to provide an easier way of understanding his genius ideas of what occurs in Oceania, the setting of the novel. ... Although George Orwell uses multiple symbols in his novel 1984 the three that develop plot and theme and therefore are most important are the Ministry buildings, the glass paperweight, and O"Brien's boot stomping on a human face. ... (Orwell 5) The shear size of the Ministry buildings compared to the condition of the living quarters of Winston which are, "notting nineteenth-century houses, their sides shored up with...

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When reading George Orwell's 1984, one realizes that many of the aforementioned characteristics are present in the novel and therefore the society and government is totalitarian. ... The government is broken up into separate ministries: " the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Peace, the Ministry of Love, and the Ministry of Plenty" (Orwell 8). ... Any sound Winston made would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision he could be seen as well as heard" (Orwell 6). ... (Orwell 87). ... He also brings to attention that "It needed desperate c...

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