Based on his knowledge of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, George Orwell, an English novelist and journalist, depicts the terror under a totalitarian government in his utopian and dystopian novel, 1984. Winston Smith, a member of the Ministry of Truth and rebel against the Party, performs rebellious and punishable crimes such as writing a diary with his thoughts and having a love affair with Julia, the “Thought Police” as Winston thought in the beginning and Fiction Department worker at the Ministry of Truth. They are caught by the Thought Police and are tortured into confessing everything they know and have done. Orwell’s use of rhetorical devices, such as parallel structure to state the extensive amount of pain he inflicted and metaphor to express the attack of questions, describe the torture sessions.
Orwell uses parallel structure to describe the extensive amount of torture the officers …show more content…
For instance, he says, “Their real weapon was the merciless questioning that went on and on, hour after hour…” He refers to the extensive questioning as a weapon. He portrays it as even realer than the physical abuse he received. Another example is when he states, “… his nerves were in rags after hours of questioning…” He compares his nerves to rags to describe how he felt after intense questioning. He was so nervous and torn apart like rags of clothing. Finally, he states, “ He became simply a mouth that uttered…” He compares himself to simply just a mouth that said whatever had to be said. He was so broken; he did not have a mind of his own.
Overall, Orwell uses parallel structure and metaphor to describe how he was broken down after the torture sessions. He was so broken that he’d say anything just to make the torture stop. His body was invaded, he was beaten like an animal, and he was questioned until he didn’t have any of his own thoughts anymore. Big Brother got the best of