1984: Themes

      I think that the major theme in 1984 was irony. Irony was used many times. The fact that the party is supposed to be the top government and the citizens are supposed to love the party is ironic for Winston. He doesn't love the party, he loves a woman. His attraction to her is the irony. The fact that they got caught in the end is ironic. It was thought that things might've worked out between them, they wouldn't get caught any they'd continue secretly rebelling. But it wasn't like that. O'Brien ended up being the one that betrayed them both, which is ironic because O'Brien was supposedly a part of a brotherhood that goes against the Party.