EN 101 Lecture 7: Foreshadowing - 1984
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Orwell uses foreshadowing in 1984 to create a claustrophobic environment and a sense of foreboding, beginning with the poster in winston"s building reminding everyone that big brother is watching you. The popular songs in 1984 serve as foreshadowing details, especially the lines they"ve stolen my heart away and under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me. the latter song also relates to the chestnut tree. Caf , where winston sees jones, aaronson, and rutherford shortly before they become unpersons. the rhyme oranges and lemons ends in here comes a chopper to chop off your head, invoking a past age of public executions. When winston and julia meet in the secret room, he worries about being forced to confess. Foreshadowing actions underscore the danger winston has placed himself in. After writing down with big brother in his diary, he enters mrs. parsons" apartment, where her two children chase each other around him, shouting.
