Victory Mansions… prevent a swirl of gritty dust…. Hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats

Irony

Olfactory

Hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats

Dystopian Society

Victory mansions

Symbolise a higher standard of living

Political context

Social Context

Miserable lifestyle

Appartment buildings of London Party Members

Power of the Political Party during 1984

Victory=Win

Since political members are living in victory mansions and the fact that political members make up the party, it shows that they win a lot. This introduces dictatorship where they are able to control many things and win.

Impact on society

Dystopian Society

Miserable lifestyle for people

Dangers of living in a Dystopian Society

Orwell was a Socialist who cared about living standards

Its appreciative of the war because it was named after the word "Victory" which suggests that they glorified winning the war.

Since the world of the War has been brought into society by showing war like living conditions.