1984 Love Analysis

The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people’s history and language. Currently, the Party is forcing the implementation of an invented language called Newspeak, which attempts to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is illegal. Such thoughtcrime is, in fact, the worst of all crimes. The party completely abolishes free thoughts, sex, and any oppression or expression of individuality. It is an absolute abysmal time; Winston has not been brainwashed by the “thought police” or the party. Winston spends his evenings wandering through the poorest neighborhoods in London, where the proletarians, live grimy lives, proportionately free of Party monitoring. Winston, with his thoughts of overthrowing the government is part of a committee called “The Ministry of Truth.” His occupation is to amend historical records to for the needs of the party. To review records of what really happened and then to amend them to please the party would drive someone off the edge. He then notices a secret admirer who has been staring at him. He has concerns that she might be working for the thoughtpolice and would turn him in if he expressed any interest. Formerly, he receives a spontaneously written letter from this girl. The letter reads, “I love you” from Julia. The couple begin an unpublished affair in the shadows, constantly looking out for the party

Although the sexual instinct is severely depersonalized in both texts, depersonalization to the point of repulsion via indoctrination is the primary mode d’emploi in 1984, whereas sex has been manipulated by the slave owner into a violent act in Beloved. Sex becomes for members of the Party a task to be completed and ultimately a symbol of loyalty. Katharine, Winston’s estranged wife, is described as being entirely disgusted by sex. Winston reflects that “to embrace her was like embracing a jointed wooden image… even when she was clasping him against her… she was simultaneously pushing him away with all her strength” (Orwell 66). Yet his wife had still furtively insisted that they must copulate, to the point that she “used to remind him of it in the morning, as something which had to be done that evening and which must not be forgotten” (66-7). It is their solemn duty to the Party to produce a child, ergo, more Party members. Similarly, all marriages in Oceania must be approved by a committee, who immediately denies the request if any real affection is suggested between the potential spouses.

Within the novel 1984, the Party has perverted many traditional human values. The Party has distorted the minds of the citizens of Oceania so that they believe what is happening is right. The Party has destroyed the value of true family, honesty, loyalty and love. For example, the Party encourages the breakup of families. In fact, the protagonist in 1984, Winston Smith, drifted apart from his wife, Katherine, due to the Party’s distortion of family. The Party told Oceania citizens that “the only recognized purpose of marriage was to beget children for the service of the Party” (65). Katherine took this advice to heart. Katherine did not enjoy the sexual act of marriage, she did it as she called it “’our duty to the party’” (67). However, because she could not bear a child with Winston, they parted.

Like everything else in the sad and dilapidated world, it is strictly utilitarian and devoid of emotion. The Party removes any emotion from the deed via propaganda, and while the Proles are free to breed like animals their women will do it for a bottle of gin. The most shocking portrayal of sex in the novel is the love affair between Julia and Winston. The twentieth century audience is appalled by an affair out of wedlock, ruining the sanctity of the act, while the English Socialist Party hates it because it weakens its power over Winston and Julia. That is exactly what makes the affair exciting for them. Winston would have described it beforehand as outlandish and dangerous, “The unforgivable crime was promiscuity between Party members. But -- though this was one of the crimes that the accused in the great purges invariably confessed to -- it was difficult to imagine any such thing actually happening” (Orwell 1-6). Orwell’s portrayal of the affair is both an affront to the party and a challenge to the views of contemporary

“All marriages between Party members had to be approved by a committee appointed for the purpose, and though the principle was never clearly stated—permission was always refused if the couple concerned gave the impression of being physically attracted to one another” (65). Members are forbidden to hold any love for one another, for it will distract them from their loyalty to the party. The Party attempts to remove love from marriages by taking away the pleasure of sex and the desire that married couples are normally able to have. Winston is married to Katherine; however, her whereabouts are unknown to him. Their marriage was based solely on the ideology of the government, “[Katherine} had not a thought in her head that was not a slogan...” (66). Engaging in sexual relations for both of them was un-meaningful. Winston specifically felt disgusting when performing sexual acts, he felt as if he were raping her when they engaged sexually. Katherine even though she despised performing such tasks, tried her hardest to have children for the Party. “So the performance continued to happen, once a week quite regularly...” (67). Katherine and Winston felt as if they were doing this all the benefit of those around them, and not for themselves. By making the act of sex so repulsive, it took the love out of their marriage. Overtime, since divorces are frowned upon by the government they

In George Orwell's novel 1984, we explore intimate human relationships, as experienced by the protagonist Winston Smith. Not many bonds are stronger than those developed among family, friends, and lovers. In Oceania, those bonds were made but they've always had a dim side to them, since the only thing you could openly be loving about was the Party and Big Brother. This limitation was one of the most necessary in order to achieve complete power and control over the citizens. The reason for this limitation was the never-ending need of the Party to dissolve all loyalties derived through sex, love, and family and redirect them to the Party itself. Another limitation enforced by the Party was the destruction of trust. The Party invaded the trust between parent and child, co-workers and most importantly between man and woman.

In the novel 1984, George Orwell sets up a dystopia that reveals basic human qualities occur even when the people are brainwashed out of the,. This story takes place in an alternate society where life is radically different than what the world is today. The government has an extreme control on its people, brain washing them and suppressing every aspect of human connection. The citizens are taught to think that all information from the government is true even when it is blatantly obvious it isn’t. This novel allows the reader to witness the genesis of a primal love through the action of rebellion. Winston and Julia fall in love with each other as the book continues.

“Relationships-of all kinds-are like sand held in your hand… The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly... the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled,” suggests Kaleel Jamison, a management consultant who pioneered with societal issues such as gender and racial equality. Jamison’s simile explains how, when forced to endure intense situations, relationships succumb to pressure and fall apart. George Orwell, an English writer famous for his dystopian pieces involving social injustice and the oppressiveness of totalitarianism, is considerably familiar with circumstances of this nature. His novel, 1984, describes the life in a society where the government, known as the Party, has complete

Orwell uses Winston and Julia’s relationship to show the power of the human emotion of love. Winston is a pessimistic man that has nothing to live for except for life itself, until he meets a love interest; Julia. Orwell narrates “At the

Upon being introduced to the dystopian world portrayed in the novel, the audience learns that Winston has a complicated viewpoint on love and relationships because of the party’s strict regulations. When Winston reminisces about his wife Katharine, an orthodox party member, he confirms that she was very against sex just like any other party member. He acknowledges that they never loved each other and were simply married “to beget children for the service of the Party” (65). Under the control of the Party, sex is turned into something that is seen “as a slightly disgusting minor operation” (65). The passion and love usually associated with sexual intercourse are reduced to the human sexual instinct because the Party monitors it so closely. Because

George Orwell presents us with an interesting portrayal of love in his novel 1984. In the nation of Oceania, the government tries to eradicate love in order to isolate deviation to solely Big Brother. In many ways, it is successful in doing so. The absence of love caused Winston 's marriage with his wife Katharine to be indifferent, cold, and to end in separation. Even occasional affairs that seem to sneak by the Party 's watchful eyes, like Winston and Julia 's, are eventually stopped and the two are forced to stop loving each other. Perhaps, the strongest love that remains in Oceania is the love of Big Brother. This love is displayed when Winston is tortured by O 'Brien so that

In the book 1984,by George Orwell, The main character Winston has a love affair with a girl named Julia.Their leader Big Brother controls all and knows all. They later get caught by the thought police and put through extreme conditions to reduce them to their core. Big Brother uses violence, manipulation, and propaganda to brainwash and control the perceptions of “his” citizens therefore , indicating it is possible to change people’s reality.

As Winston is captured by the government, he is told that there are three stages of his “reintegration”; learning, understanding, and acceptance. Winston refuses to betray his lover Julia until the last stage as he yells to his tormentors, “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia. Not me!” (300). , Orwell) Spewing such harsh and petrifying phrases about his past lover, showcases that Winston under the torment and oppression of the Party has capitulated and accepted Big Brother while breaking the final bonds of his romantic relationship with Julia. Instilling oppression on romantic love ensures that the citizens of Oceania love Big Brother and the government with their full capacity; confirming that the individual will never favour their loved one over the government. Once a courageous individual rebelling against the government, using his relationship with Julia as a weapon, now merrily a shadow of his former past, broken down by the oppression instilled by the government. By betraying his lover, Julia, Winston demonstratesions that the government has won. Contradictory to his initial feeling towards Big Brother, Winston’s love is now dedicated towards the government. In the aftermath of his “reintegration”, “[Winston] loved Big Brother,” (311) , Orwell) leaving no additional room in his damaged heart for Julia. However, Winston is not the only character who suffers with the decision of betraying their loved

From the beginning, Winston already had an idea of what emotions he possessed. He hated Big Brother and was excited for the downfall of the Oceania government. For someone who had never entirely felt love, Winston had done a remarkable job at achieving that feeling. Even during work, when Winston saw the words “I love you” put down as something to erase, he was “too stunned even to throw the incriminating thing into the memory hole” (Orwell 108). Winston was swept away with love once again when he met his love, Julia, a rebellious young women who was as much into Big Brother’s downfall as he was. These shared feeling were dangerous to the Party, especially when it came to love making because then people “[use] up energy; and afterward you feel happy and [don’t care about anything]” (Orwell 133). In that society, “chastity and political orthodoxy had a

In “1984” Winston and Julia are unified through directed hate although it is hate driving them to be anti party. When Winston first sees Julia he has absolute full force hatred towards her. “ 'I hated the sight of you,' he said. 'I wanted to rape you and then murder you afterwards. Two weeks ago I thought seriously of smashing your head in with a cobblestone.” The entire progression of their feelings towards each other is manufactured by the hate and fear toward the Party. Winston and Julia closer and form a hate based “love”. The two say that they are willing to do anything even “throw sulphuric acid in the face of a child,” though they are not able to separate. Although after being captured and tortured winston breaks. Hate and fear being toxic, eat away one's soul, depleting winston and leaving him only to