"It was a place impossible to enter except on official business, and then only by penetrating through a maze of barbed-wire entanglements, steel doors, and hidden machine-gun nests." (5)
At some points in 1984, Orwell clearly foreshadows bigger parts of the book. Orwell wants to make the Ministry of Love seem like the scariest place in all of Oceania, and he also is just beginning to describe Oceania as a whole. He wants to show it as the worst nightmare of essentially everyone. This is tied in later on in the book when Julia and Winston are caught and both taken to Miniluv, and Winston's experiences in room 101. The irony of the name of the ministry is also an interesting aspect, as that is the place where Winston and Julia's love ultimately died.
watch out in that first line -- how can you be more assertive and confident? literature in the present
ReplyDeleteThe line is the middle "He want to show ..." is strong. Ties to his overall purpose.