How Effectively does Orwell Introduce the reader to the New Society of 1984, in Chapter One of Novel? George Orwell 1984

Orwell begins describing where Winston, who is the main character in the book, lives and what it is like. Winston lives in an inadequately named block of flats called Victory Mansions. It is a run down tower block that Orwell describes using adjectives and metaphors that appeal to the senses, like "the hallway smelt of cabbage and old rag mats." Straight away Orwell introduces the leader of the totalitarianism state, Big Brother, he does this …

…lack of privacy that the people have in this world. The lack of privacy and comfort is uncomprehendable thing for the reader who lives in an over-indulgent western world, where invasion of privacy is a crime. But in this world being private can lead to execution and that is why Winston is so terrified because he still believes in the ways of our world and that is enough to be killed for in his world.