either/or fallacy: reducing an argument or issue to two polar opposites and ignoring possible alternatives
In George Orwell's 1984 every person is either a Party member or an enemy. One cannot feel mediocre about the Party and Big Brother, this is the same as hating it in Oceania. This either/or fallacy communicates the extremes Orwell sees in the future. He communicating that there will be no individuality, every one will be for the Party, completely, or will be an enemy and will die. Absolutely no distinction is made between the captured POW, the enemy spy, and the lukewarm Party member. Orwell is communicating what the totalitarian world will look like in the future for the purpose of warning the world about the direction he sees it heading in.
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