11. 1984

"He was somewhere in the village...been Saint Pancras Station" (82).

George Orwell includes Saint Pancras Station in his novel, 1984, to create a certain reality to the book. Real places and real people make the book come to life and the reader is able to connect to the landmarks and really visualize themselves in the book. Orwell may have also included the destruction of St. Pancras Station to emphasize how the world in which Winston was living in is starting to crumble. It foreshadows all of his hopes and dreams and how they are slowly being turned into his worst fears. Everything he once believed in was starting to fade and he had no choice in the matter. George Orwell included this reference to Saint Pancras Station to enhance the reader's relationship with the novel and to foreshadow the destruction of something that once stood strong.


"St. Pancras." Guardian.Co.Uk. 22 April 2010. 2010.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/gallery/2007/oct/11/architecture.transportintheuk?picture=330936232


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