London, a city central to the Western tradition and one of the most beautiful cities in the world, has been destroyed through the revolution from capitalism to totalitarianism. It is virtually an open sewer. Everything, from the language and culture to its history and people, is being demolished. Orwell also uses setting to communicate mood and situations, arousing hate in the reader towards Ingsoc and Big Brother. The best examples of this are the Two Minutes Hate and Winston's electroshock treatment. By using normal surroundings and twisting them, Orwell communicates the idea that our own world is vulnerable to the tyranny portrayed in Oceania. In 1984, Orwell manipulates his setting so that once the reader has finished the book, he carries Orwell's ideas and feelings about totalitarianism into life. Orwell's diction and style are powerful and overwhelming. He describes pain and suffering in graphic detail, and his presentation keeps the reader alert by shifting suddenly in unexpected directions. In this novel, Orwell wonderfully implements a dichotomy between the reality of our world and the unreality of fiction. The barrier between what is real and what is depicted in the novel is obliterated as Orwell satirizes and mimics contemporary society. Orwell's style captivates the reader into the reality of the world in 1984. In a complex work such as 1984, there are numerous structural relationships upon which the author bases his central themes and ideas. Orwell comments on politics, economics, war, love, and truth among other things. In the microcosm of 1984, the love which develops between Winston and Julia is exemplary of the struggle of those who have to exist in a society which scorns love and sexual desire. The Party's altering of the past in order to deceive its citizens and create in them a sense of utopia is designed to reveal the conflict between truth and the mutability of truth.
