Thursday, March 27, 2014

Chapters Six & Seven.

These two chapters are definitely where the book got a lot more interesting. It was very surprising to find out that Winston was once married. The woman named Katherine that he was married to wanted to have children and eventually left Winston when they were unable to have a child together. Winston didn't seem to mind this very much because he described her as empty and thoughtless. We also learn a little bit about the life of the proles. They have a much more easy-going lifestyle mainly because the Party is not worried about them rebelling against the government. It was also interesting how the Party goes about marriage, they do not believe in divorce, but they allow separations. They also do not want any kind of physical attraction between the two people about to be married. I'm hoping the next chapters will describe why it is like that for the Party members but the proles can marry and do whatever they want.

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