Throughout Chapter 1 of 1984, the reader is exposed to the many kinds of manipulation that the government uses to control the people of Oceania. The Party uses numerous examples of verbal and dramatic irony as part of its campaign to exercise its dominance over the people and control their daily actions. Verbal irony, an incongruity that has a deeper significance than the surface meaning, is displayed throughout the society of 1984 in Chapter 1. The primary theme of …showed first 75 words of 660 total…

…showed last 75 words of 660 total…including how the Party impels the ignorance of the dramatic irony in society. Many aspects of the city, including its features, buildings, and general surroundings, work together to manipulate the people's minds using various examples of dramatic and verbal irony. Since the people of 1984 are constantly controlled by Big Brother and the telescreens, they are never given the time or opportunity to think for themselves or notice that their whole town is filled with irony.