Although some may disagree, George Orwell uses the narrator and dialogue to intelligently convey the theme that music can liberate oneself regardless of political scenes. This theme which can pass easily unnoticed is shown throughout the novel, and it often appears when the reader least expects it. Orwell uses the narrator and the dialogue between the characters to convey the theme that music can set one free. This can be noted when the narrator mentions a prole woman singing a song and fills it with emotion. “She knew the whole driveling song by heart… her voice floated up with the sweet summer air, very tuneful, charged with a sort of happy melancholy” (Orwell 141). While some interpreters may disagree, this dialogue of the woman singing conveys …show more content…
One time this can be seen by the audience is when Winston and Julia are hiding out in the woods and are amazed by how free a wild bird can be with its powerful and free song. “And burst into song… by degrees the flood of music drove all speculations out of his mind” (Orwell 124). The narrator’s description of how the bird’s song drove all thoughts of the party from Winston’s mind shows the theme created by Orwell throughout his novel. This natural freedom that is presented through music in Orwell’s novel can also be seen through a link between the reader and the author. “Orwell captures the human essence of his subjects, but something else remains, an intangible link between author and reader that even today draws one into the scene” (Thompson 3). Like the bird’s song Orwell often expressed an urgent need to be understood, this need was that even though Winston had nowhere safe to go to outrun the party that was controlling him he still had an escape; music. Once again, this shows that during the novel Orwell reveals the theme that music can set one free through the narrator and