I wouldn’t say that George Orwell used suspense in these novels. I believe that he constantly surprised the reader with new plot twists. In Animal Farm I was surprised when Napoleon exhibited his first act of violence by having all of the animals executed who confessed to seeing Snowball. The ending shocked me when Napoleon was acting like Mr. Jones. He walked on two legs, wore clothes, drank alcohol, and restored the old name of Manor Farm.
1984 was filled with surprises. Winston rented the room in Mr. Charrington’s store because he thought there was privacy there. He and Julia enjoyed their time there and then a voice came from a telescreen behind a painting. He had been fooled. You can’t trust anybody in Oceania! I thought it was interesting how at the speech during Hate Week they changed enemies from Eurasia to Eastasia. Then the crowd actually believed that they wrote the wrong name on the banner. They are so brainwashed that they didn’t even consider that they were right and the government changed their mind.
I don’t know why Winston trusted O’Brien. I was really surprised when O’Brien was interrogating Winston and revealed that he had left the telescreen on during their conversation about overthrowing the government. I didn’t think that the Party would release Winston back into the world after his torture. I totally thought they would kill and continue torturing other victims. I didn’t like the ending because Winston had failed and didn’t make any difference in Oceania.
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