George Orwell was a political writer during the post WW11 era who opposed the upbringing of totalitarian states. In the novel 1984, he created a dystopian society where the people are stripped of their hummanity and the individual does not exist. Orwell's protagonist Winston Smith has a tendency to be rebellious against the Party and to find meaning in everyday objects. Three paticular objects from 1984 that have the most meaning are the glass paper weight, Song of the Chestnut Tree Cafe, and the horrible, grandfather rats. Winstons first start of rebellion occurs when he goes into Mr. Charrington's old antique shop. He goes looking for evidence of the Past which is strictly against the Party's rules. Winston finds the glass paper weight. The paper weight becomes significant …show more content…
Winston has nightmares about the rats and he also sees one in the upstairs room of Mr.Charrington's shop where he and Julia continue their love afair. It becomes very obvious that they are his greatest fear. In room 101, the Party uses a person's greatest fear to betray someone who they love most, and this is how they get their citizens to submit to the Party's side. This is how they broke Winston and forced him to love Big Brother. When Winston was faced with the rats he shouted "I don't care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones!"(236) This qoute demonstrates the physical aspect of what the party can do to people. Winston betrayed Julia because he was to scared of being killed by the rats. Orwell included this to show how even the strongest of people, like Winston, could not even betray or overthrow the