Saturday, March 28, 2009

Tower of Truth

“A kilometer away the Ministry of Truth, his place of work, towered vast and white above the grimy landscape.” (3)

Orwell has created an alternate London for the setting of 1984, in which he places buildings like the Ministry of Truth, that belong to the Party.  The buildings belonging to the Party are taller, and more expansive than the buildings surrounding them, the ones that belong to the people of the city are smaller, and dingy, showing the differences in statures between the Party and the citizens.  The Ministry of Truth is symbolic of the control that the Party has over its people.  The Ministry towers over the other buildings like the Party towers over its people.

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