Personification In 1984

1984, a dystopian novel, was written by George Orwell. Winston Smith, the protagonist, lives in a society where people have restrictions both mentally and physically. The story takes place in Oceania in the year 1984. Citizens of Oceania do not lead personal lives because the people are constantly being observed by telescreens. Thinking individually or thinking against the Party, which is the government of Oceania, is considered thoughtcrime. People are vaporized for doing such things.
The book begins by introducing Winston Smith. Winston is a frail thirty nine year old. Posters of a man with a mustache are located everywhere. All of the poster have the saying BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. The protagonist believes that keeping one's

back turned to the telescreen was safer, but even a back was revealing. These telescreens monitor citizens in both public and private places. Throughout the first part of the book a dark haired girl is mentioned. Winston hates the dark haired girl and wishes to rape and murder the girl. The protagonist is seen as a man with lust.
Quote Analysis:
To begin with, Oceania has changed the alliance with Eastasia and is now at war with Eurasia.

As Winston thinks about the war, the protagonist seemed the only one to remember that Oceania used to be at war with Eastasia and thinks, "if the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, IT NEVER HAPPENED—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death?"(Orwell 34). Once the past is altered by the Party, whatever detail that was changed had never happened. The Party is being described as a person that has hands and is reaching for something. Therefore, personification is being used to give the Party human like

features.
Winston is observing the inside of a junk shop from the outside. Standing outside the junk shop in the pavement, Winston thinks, "he was a man of perhaps sixty, frail and bowed with a long, benevolent nose and mild eyes distorted by thick spectacles"(Orwell 94). As the protagonist stands outside the junk shop, Mr. Charington's features are described through the use of imagery. George Orwell used imagery to describe Mr. Charington's features because Orwell wanted his features to come out as tiring, making the reader think of Mr. Charington as a person who does not have that much power.
Book 2
Summary:
The dark haired girl has slipped a note into Winston's hand. The note states the the girl loves Winston, which stuns Winston and gives the protagonist a sense to live. The girl and Winston decide to meet up and the protagonist learns quite a few things about the girl. Winston learns that the dark haired girls name is Julia and the girl has been sexually active, but does not care for the Party unless the Party disrupts Julia's personal life. Later in the book, Winston and Julia sleep together and states that the actions that were done were a political act against the party.
Julia believes that the relationship that is held with the protagonist can stay secret, while Winston thinks the Thought Police will find out about the crimes eventually.

The protagonist states that both Winston and Julia are the dead. Meanwhile, Winston's lover argues that the protagonist and Julia are not dead yet. After being in a room that was meant to be safe, a telescreen repeats what Winston and Julia have said. The Thought Police has finally come for Winston and Julia. While getting arrested, the glass paperweight is destroyed symbolizing the ending of the relationship Winston and Julia had. Winston has realized for the first time the protagonist is looking, with knowledge, at a member of the Thought Police, which was Mr.

Charington.
Quote Analysis:
After being in a room that Winston and Julia thought was safe, the lovers hear a telescreen repeating what Winston and Julia have said. As the lovers are being captured by the Thought Police, "someone had picked up the glass paperweight from the table and smashed its pieces on the hearth stone"(Orwell 223). The glass paperweight, a symbol of Winston and Julia's relationship, has been destroyed. As the glass paperweight is ruined, so is the relationship that Julia and Winston hold. During this scene, Winston realizes that Mr. Charington has been a member of the Thought Police.
As Winston reads chapter three of O'Brien's book, O'Brien explains the function of the ministries. O'Brien's book states, " the Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation"(Orwell 216). Irony is brought forth in O'Brien's book. The function of the ministries is the exact opposite of the ministry's name. The use of doublethink is also played throughout the ministries names. George Orwell used irony to describe the ministries in order to emphasize how ideal the ministries sound but are corrupted once you learn the functions of the ministries. This can relate to some governments around the world and in dystopian novels.
Book 3
Summary:
Winston has been caught by the Thought Police. The protagonist is in a cell and is starving because of the lack of food. There are a few people who whisper the words Room 101, which Winston does not know of. As time passes by, Winston's neighbor shows up in the cell too because Parsons was caught talking while sleeping and the daughter accused Parsons of thoughtcrime. As the cell fills up with more prisoners, an incident happens between two men. A chinless man had offered bread to a skull faced man. The chinless man had offered a piece of bread to the skull faced man and the skull faced man ends up being sent to Room 101. Then, O'Brien shows up and Winston realizes that O'Brien had been caught before for thoughtcrime and is now a supporter of the Party.
In conclusion, O'Brien ends up changing Winston. O'Brien makes the protagonist believe everything that the Party states, especially that what Winston used to believe were false memories. Once Winston see's Julia, the protagonist realizes that there is no love for Julia. In fact, both of the lovers are quite disgusted with each other. While speaking, both Winston and Julia come to realize that the lovers had betrayed each other because the lovers wanted terrible things to happen to each other. During the last pages of the book, the protagonist is shot from behind and has finally come to realize that Winston loves Big Brother.
Quote Analysis:
As Winston is being questioned what 2+2 is, O'Brien tortures the protagonist through the use of pain. Once Winston gives up to what 2+2 is and O'Brien approaches the protagonist the book states, "for a moment he clung to O’Brien like a baby, curiously comforted by the heavy arm round his shoulder"(Orwell 250). A similie is being used to compare Winston to a baby as the protagonist clings to O'Brien. George Orwell used a similie because the author wanted the reader to imagine how weak and vulnerable Winston was. In a way, O'Brien is manipulating Winston to think that O'Brien is a person that will comfort Winston in a time of need even though O'Brien had lied to Winston about the Brotherhood.
The topic of memories and the past is brought up as Winston and O'Brien speak. As Winston is being tortured, O'Brien asks the protagonist to say the Party slogan dealing with the past and Winston replies,"who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past"(Orwell 248). The Party slogan dealing with the past is a use of repetition throughout the book. George Orwell uses the repetition of this slogan throughout the book in order to reinforce the fact that the Party controls the past. The memories that a person had about the past is erased as the Party alters the past. This brings into focus that a person living in Oceania is under control mentally by the Party.