Posters and banners of Big Brother, the Youth League, the Spies occupy every corner of the room; games impedimenta, dirty dishes are all placed in a disorganized way; the kitchen sink was bursting; the telescreen is always over watching you (23). Through the description, one can easily feel, by any standard, that this place is more like hell rather than a home of human beings. As with the person who lives in the place, Mrs Parson, is equally miserable and helpless v/s "colorless, crushed-looking, with wispy hair and a lined face" (22).
Contrary to Victory Mansions, the Ministry buildings and the dwelling-places of the Inner Party have a completely different outlook. The former is "enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, three hundred meters into the air" (5,6), which symbolizes the dominating power of the Party. The latter is "the huge block of flats, the richness and spacious of everything, the unfamiliar smells of good food all exquisitely clean" (175), and even has dark-blue carpet and servant with white jacket.
By looking at the so-called luxury goods in the eyes of ordinary people and the real luxury goods enjoyed by the privileged group, it is once again proved that the victory brand only indicates the suffering of the ordinary people. Under the name of victory, the oppressed people of Oceania cannot even meet their ends need.
One of the luxuries is Victory Gin. It looks like a "bottle of colorless liquid" which gives off a sickly, oily smell" (7), and it tastes like medicine. Another luxury is Victory Cigarette. With a ration of one hundred grammes per week, it is hardly possible for Winston even "to fill a pipe up to the top" (61), and yet the ration, like every other daily necessaries, is always on the decrease.
Turning now to the real wine OBrien drinks. Of course it has decent color as well as desirable taste. And certainly it is the kind of wine of Winston's dream.