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Ever looked outside the window and seen a dove? A white dove in particular? The white dove in the dictionary is defined as a small wild pegion, however, the symbolic view of a white dove, is the opposite of the dictionary. A white dove symbolizes innocence purity, hope, and peace. Authors use symbolism in books in order to draw the reader deeper in to the meaning. In 1984,George Orwell uses symbols to create a larger more universal experience of life. In the novel, the coral paperweight places emphasis that Winston and Julia are as one, the "Golden Country" symbolizes the perfect place, a type of fairy land, and the nursery rhymes symbolically represent freedom. The first symbol that is presented in 1984 is the coral paperweight. Winston buys the paperweight in an old junk shop. The paperwei

On page 154 it states "The coral was Julia's life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity in the heart of the crystal" Julia was someone who Winston could share his private emotions with. The coral inside the paperweight is Winston and Julia. For example one rhyme ends with "I sold you and you sold me," expressing things that will happen in the end of the novel. The nursery rhymes have a romantic value to them. The last symbol that is introduced is the nursery rhymes. In todays real life a paperweight is defined as an object that is heavy and holds papers, but in the novel the paperweight symbolically represents the fragile life that Winston and Julia have created. ght represents the fragile world that Winston and Julia have created for each other. " This line expresses that their love can never be altered no matter how much they try to change it because in their minds it will exist. Although in the novel the nursery rhymes say things like "here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to chop of your head" page 183. It is his place where he is truly free and he relates that to the place where Julia and himself first meet. When you hear nursery rhymes, instantly a baby pops in to your mind. It was uncommon for a Party member to sing alound to themselves. The only people allowed to sing these rhymes were the proles. " The "Golden Country" stands for the old European pastoral landscape.