Women In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984

In the novel nineteen eighty-four the author George Orwell created how he felt the world would be in the year 1984. In this new world, there were three super-states Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania, Oceania was the main super state where the novel took place. In Oceania the government controlled everything, the citizens had no rights; the people were living in poor conditions, everyone was completely brainwashed, and hatred controlled everything. The novel focused on the rebellious ways of the protagonist, Winston and his love interest, Julia. During the novel, Winston and Julia do everything the government doesn’t allow their citizens to do, such as their relationship. While reading this novel I felt that Julia was not a proper reflection of
In nineteen eighty-four Orwell portrayed women as weak, useless, and uneducated. But, women broke boundaries and took risk in 1984, “Risks are taken by women, barriers broken, victories savored, political defeats suffered, were never more visible than in 1984” (Dullea,1984). ''More people are aware of our talent and tenacity to serve. More women ran for the Senate and were treated seriously. Having a woman on the national ticket has to be a wonderful advancement” (Paula Hawkins,1984), In 1984 women became senators and ran for the vice presidency on the ticket of a major party. I believe that in nineteen eighty-four women were not portrayed as role models or
Women formed organizations, such as the National Black Women’s Political Caucus to push for gender equalities. More than half of the college graduates the year following 1984 were females, and women earned more advanced degrees, such as law and business degrees. Women entered male dominated industries and had professional jobs, “From 1972 to 1985 women's share of professional jobs increased from 44 to 49 percent and their share of "management" jobs nearly doubled growing from 20 to 36 percent.”. In 1984 women accomplished many achievements and paved the way for women today. Since nineteen eighty-four was written, the roles in America has changed. Women today have evolved; today’s women are more leaders than followers. In modern day America activities such as women working, are very common now. Today more and more women are joining the workforce, “while women made up only about one-third of the workforce in 1969, women today make up almost half of all workers in the United States” (chu,2013). In 2010 123 million women age 16 years and over are U.S labor force participants. In today’s society, it's more common for women to be in