Love in Oceania
Winston Smith lives in Oceania. Oceania is the utopian vision of Big Brother and the Inner Party. The year is 1984 and Winston's world is made up of telescreens and thought police. At any given moment in time he is being watched. Despite all of this he is lonely. He desires someone to talk to and someone to love. Winston's love interests in 1984 vary from Julia, O'Brien, to Big Brother. The concept of love in Oceania is controlled and perceived in a frightening manner. The daily loneliness is very difficult for Winston. He begins a diary knowing he will be caught. This seems trivial to him. There is little that makes him happy in life and the consequences of his diary seem unimportant. This all changes when he is given a slip of paper with three simple words on it, "I love you." Their love affair gave Winston something to live for. He felt a sort of purpose in loving Julia. He satisfied his human urge to talk to someone and to be affectionate with another human being. Sex was also purposeful. Sexual intercourse was almost forbidden. Sex and love were to never be intertwined. Orgasms were practically illegal and promiscuity even worse. Winston felt that his love for Julia and their lovemaking was a rebellious
The perfect society created by Ingsoc (English Socialism in Newspeak) contains a new sort of love. A God-like dictator who is never encountered in person is given all the love in the Party members' lives. Interpersonal relationships detract from the devotion to Big Brother. The Inner Party controls love in this attempted Utopia. Procreation is the only officially authorized use of sex to the Party members. Big Brother's presence suffocates any human love, devotion, desire, and adoration. Winston's human instinct to love is directed towards an organization only interested in power. Julia becomes as Winston does. She almost despises Winston at the end of the book. She attempts to lose him as they walk together. act against the Inner Party and Big Brother. Winston became a much happier character after he began his relationship with Julia. He appreciated life and times he could sneak away to be with her. For a short while he stopped writing in his diary for fear of death; he wished to live for Julia and their love. The only true everlasting love is found in the Proles. They are granted a sort of freedom to feel how they wish. Winston would have been easily content to love the large singing Prole woman. She was strong and revered h
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Approximate Word count = 851
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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