How Does Orwell Create A Sense Of Isolation In 1984

How does Orwell create a sense of isolation in 1984?

Orwell depicts isolation as a fundamental factor in Winston's demise, as the Party's persistence in severing all his ties with other people, ultimately results in his one-minded nature that makes him give into their demands. O'Brien states that in the 'face of pain, their are no heroes' showing how Winston is isolated in his rebellion, and that as an individual he is powerless against the Party's omnipotence, because eventually he will isolate himself and save his own skin over others. This is seen near the end of the novel, where Winston states:' do it to Julia! Rip her face off, tear her skin off!' The use of animalistic imagery and the imperatives 'rip' and 'tear' show the certainty

As winston states:' he is lost in a monstrous world, where he himself is the monster.". This shows that he is aware that he has purposely isolated himself from others to ensure his own survival, and that he is only thinking about himself. He uses isolation as a form of self defence, but as stated before, it ultimately results in his demise, as once he gives everything else up around him, and separates himself from others, he's only fighting himself, and that is a losing battle. The last line of the book states that 'he had won the victory over himself' further showing how it is only inevitable that his use of isolation results in his grim ending because it means that he has no loyalty to anyone else, which is exactly what the Party

Orwell does this to show how it is ultimately Winston's single minded nature that causes his figurative death, because once the Party break down all his bonds with other people, he is simply only another human being. His isolation weakens him, whereas his relationship with Julia makes him want to change the world he lives in for the better. Once the Party induce him into isolation, then he is only too easy to break. Orwell may be alluding to the events of Holodomor, a man-made famine in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1932 and 1933 that killed an estimated 2.5–7.5 million Ukrainians, with millions more counted in demographic estimates. The masses became isolated by the Soviet Socialists,causing the deaths of millions. This links to the novel because similarly, the Party similarly held 'man made famines' as Winston stated there was always a shortage of everything, and also later on in the novel, when Winston mentions the memory regarding his mother, we can infer as readers that there was similarly, a severe food shortage, that resulted in the deaths of millions, and ultimately Winston's mother and sister, who sacrificed themselves for Winston. Overall, this emphasises the theme of isolation because it shows that the