The
opening scene of 's is intended to introduce the reader to three main
elements of the novel.
The first element is the context, an imaginary
dystopian future world. By having the narrator look out over London as it has changed under its
new regime,provides thenecessary to explain the context of the story to readers. We learn of Big
Brother, the government agencies that enforce social rules, ubiquitous surveillance, and
impoverished bleak surroundings. We see the narrator's home, Victory Mansions, as depressing and
dilapidated.
The second element we are introduced to is the narrator of the
novel, , a minor bureaucrat working for the Ministry of Truth. We learn about his job and his
personal life.
Finally, we are introduced to the beginning of the major
conflict in the novel, that between Winston and the society in which he lives. The first
stirrings of his rebellion appear as he reacts to the errant thought that he actually hates Big
Brother.
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