Topic > How effective is the ending of George Orwell's 1984?

One of the most important structures of a story is the ending, and the question you should always ask yourself is "How effective is the ending?" The purpose of the ending is to try to clarify to readers the message you were trying to convey throughout the book, and looking at how well this is done is to answer the question "How effective is the ending?" In 1984, written by George Orwell, we will see how effective the ending of 1984 is, and how well it was written. The beginning of the final chapter (Chapter 6; part 3), begins with the images “A ray of sun slanting through a window” “A metallic music flowed from the television screens” these image terms make the reader imagine as if they were in that moment, which has a great effect on the reader. The term “sunbeam” begins to confuse readers because sunlight is usually associated with happiness, but throughout the description, readers notice that the environment is not happy events of the final chapter have a great effect on the readers, the events that take place at the Chestnut Tree Café are very normal and calm, no one reacted to Winston's appearance after being tortured, this shows how the act of being tortured and beaten it is normal, but having the waiter fill Winston's glass spontaneously shows the waiters' sympathy for Winston The fact that Winston cannot think is a sign that indicates the end. Orwell uses symbolism, where he symbolizes Big Brother as the peace of white chess, white symbolizes good, and this contradicts the beginning of the book, where it shows Big Brother as a cruel and unjust person. There is a use of memory, where Orwell reminds readers what happened before and how it will affect the ending, "They can't come in, he said"... in the center of the paper... he gives in to Big Brother and starts praising him and to love him: "He loved Big Brother." Orwell's ending is very different from most novels, the ending leaves readers wondering, hoping that there is more, that there is hope for Winston, but no. Orwell ends the novel with a dark and hopeless ending, to try to make it more realistic and relatable. 1984 is a dystopian novel, because Orwell wanted readers to relate between the world of 1984 and the real world, he wanted to try to make the message clearer to readers, making readers think about the ending and how recognizable the current world is. To conclude, the ending of 1984 has a great effect on the readers, the ending achieves its purpose by conveying the message through images, symbolism, memories and the readers think about the purpose of writing the ending in a dark and hopeless way..