There was a peculiar softness, as of rainwater, in both the color and the texture of the glass. At the heart of it, magnified by the curved surface, there was a strange, pink, convoluted object that recalled a rose or a sea anemone” (95). Instead of merely saying he saw a beautiful paperweight, Orwell goes in depth about the extent of its beauty. The way Orwell strategically places words makes one feel as if it was in the individual’s hand. By taking time to describe such object, Orwell is, in a way, highlighting the significance of something beautiful in a dark world. The final two goals that Orwell strives to achieve are historical impulse and political purpose. Orwell wrote 1984 shortly after World War II ended. Hitler tried to, and succeeded, at brainwashing citizens of Germany, in almost direct correlation Orwell wrote, “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows” (81). Orwell is stating that if as individuals people cannot stay true to what he/she knows is right, then one can be easily swayed, and becomes a puppet
There was a peculiar softness, as of rainwater, in both the color and the texture of the glass. At the heart of it, magnified by the curved surface, there was a strange, pink, convoluted object that recalled a rose or a sea anemone” (95). Instead of merely saying he saw a beautiful paperweight, Orwell goes in depth about the extent of its beauty. The way Orwell strategically places words makes one feel as if it was in the individual’s hand. By taking time to describe such object, Orwell is, in a way, highlighting the significance of something beautiful in a dark world. The final two goals that Orwell strives to achieve are historical impulse and political purpose. Orwell wrote 1984 shortly after World War II ended. Hitler tried to, and succeeded, at brainwashing citizens of Germany, in almost direct correlation Orwell wrote, “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows” (81). Orwell is stating that if as individuals people cannot stay true to what he/she knows is right, then one can be easily swayed, and becomes a puppet