How Does Winston Present Social Groups In 1984
A writer has various reasons of portraying social groups in different ways. Firstly it gives structure to a text. It divides the characters and can give the audience a particular tone and mood for one group and totally different tone and mood for another. In this way the audience gets exactly the “right” and “wrong” feeling which the writer wants. Of course this is not only to divide good and bad, but could also be used to show the difference in classes or status. E.g. a governing groups versus slaves. Secondly, social groups are always stronger than individuals. As two can always do more work than one, this also is a very important thing the writer always keeps in mind. The writer shows that a particular group has a specific feeling towards
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Winston thinks that the proles are the only hope for a better future; if they revolt as a mass, the government can’t do anything about it. The shame is that the proles are too dumb and too content with their lives to stand up for their rights. Winston makes a comment about the red-armed woman who is free and she looks fertile; she is able to produce a lot of kids for the future generation which can break the regime.
Girls and women are very much neglected by the narrator in this book. He notices them and he describes them, when they’re sitting at the bar for example, but that’s all. Alex and his droogs only think of raping them or other violent actions. In one part of the book, he actually lures two young girls (probably of the age of 10) in his house by saying sweet things and buying them lunch. When they arrive at his home, he makes the two girls drunk and takes drugs himself and rapes them violently while the music of Beethoven is playing.
This is only one example of the fact that women are highly disrespected in this novel. Alex only sees women as sexual objects and they don’t get a voice or feelings in the book. Of course the girls who he just raped leave his apartment completely hysterical and also Alex’s own mother gets feelings in the book by just wanting the best for her son. But still, women are displayed as weak and easily manipulated
Winston thinks that the proles are the only hope for a better future; if they revolt as a mass, the government can’t do anything about it. The shame is that the proles are too dumb and too content with their lives to stand up for their rights. Winston makes a comment about the red-armed woman who is free and she looks fertile; she is able to produce a lot of kids for the future generation which can break the regime.
Girls and women are very much neglected by the narrator in this book. He notices them and he describes them, when they’re sitting at the bar for example, but that’s all. Alex and his droogs only think of raping them or other violent actions. In one part of the book, he actually lures two young girls (probably of the age of 10) in his house by saying sweet things and buying them lunch. When they arrive at his home, he makes the two girls drunk and takes drugs himself and rapes them violently while the music of Beethoven is playing.
This is only one example of the fact that women are highly disrespected in this novel. Alex only sees women as sexual objects and they don’t get a voice or feelings in the book. Of course the girls who he just raped leave his apartment completely hysterical and also Alex’s own mother gets feelings in the book by just wanting the best for her son. But still, women are displayed as weak and easily manipulated