Presentation of dreams in Nineteen Eighty Four

... Discuss the presentation of dreams in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the book Nineteen Eighty Four, Winston's dreams often appear to be very hazy and unclear, usually interlinked with his past experiences which he tries very hard to extricate from his memory. The significance of his dreams are in that they are telling of his fears, desires and hopes, that he subconsciously harbours despite being suppressed by the oppressive ruling party of Oceania. An expression of his innermost feelings, the underpinnings of Winston's dreams perhaps reveal more about himself as well as the world of Nineteen Eighty Four than the actuality of events that occur in the book. Through the use of subterranean metaphors, natural imagery, diction and the characteristic dreamlike atmospheres, Orwell presents his dreams as a plausible foreshadowing of events, unspoken regrets of the past and Winston's unwavering hope for the future. The settings and atmospheres in Winston's dreams

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