One particularly glaring absurdity in Nineteen Eighty-Four is that Charrington, the owner of the shop that Winston accidentally stumbles upon, purchases a glass snow globe from, and later rents a room from, turns out to be a senior member of the Thought Police.
Are we supposed to find it remotely likely that such a person would be running in shop in disguise as a sort of perpetual honey trap? Clearly this setup is not specifically targeted at Winston, since it is made clear in the novel that he happens on the shop purely by accident, and is never coerced into going there or engaging in any transactions with the shopkeeper.
Is this addressed anywhere, or is just supposed to be part of the "nightmare" aspect of the novel?
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