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Foreshadowing Future Events In George Orwell's '1984'

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1.) Winston’s dreams most likely are foreshadowing future events. For example, all of the recollections about the “dark-haired girl” suggest that she will become an important part of the story. This can also be inferred from the dream about O’Brien, when O’Brien tells Winston that they will meet “in the place where there is no darkness.” (p. 25). By the end of the book, you can easily assure that these two characters will indeed meet. The phrase “the place where there is no darkness” also has its own unique role in the model; the repetition of the phrase is constantly pushing Winston towards his future. In addition, Winston’s actually memories of his past enter his mind through dreams and makes Winston questions whether life was better before “The Party” took control. 2.) …show more content…

The rage that the people felt is “an abstract, undirected emotion” of which “The Party” can direct towards anything/one that they want to. Orwell uses this society’s situation to demonstrate how wars can be used as propaganda and how if people are informed about the wars, the government will use their ignorance as an advantage and will be in a continuous state of violence (p.

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