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All Hope Must Lie in the Proles!!!
March 5th, 2009 by aevans75
Part 2 of Orwell’s novel is plot-driven and exciting, but also introduces to meaningful clues to potential themes and questions societal hierarchy. Part two begins with a frustrated reader, as detailed in my last post. We want Winston to break out of his shell of ignorance and rebel. Finally, in the first 30 pages of Part two our prayers are answered. Winston’s affair with Julia excites the reader. We are happy that he finds an avenue to undermine authority and are intrigued by his opinions of their relationship. Winston’s desire for pleasure and companionship lacks the basal air of contemporary human relationships. Instead Winston’s sex drive is fueled by a desire for political disobedience rather than physical gratification. Orwell explains, “Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act.” (Orwell 126) The reader begins to understand that the party opposes sex, not because of it physical benefits, but rather because of the feelings it creates within it membership.
However, as Orwell progresses the reader becomes board with their relationship. Their reoccurring sexual encounters begin to appear as menial protests that fail to inflict real damage to the Party. Thus, Orwell gives their relationship a new meaning. Orwell shows that the reader that human relationships are bigger than companionship or a need to reproduce. He reveals that a relationships chief purpose is to empower its components. This implies the real danger to the Party. As Winston’s relationship with Julia develops, so does his courage to fight against the Party. Orwell explains this as the Party’s reasoning for the destruction of the familial unit in society. Winston’s new found confidence allows him to take new risks, and ultimately join the infamous Brotherhood.
Winston and Julia’s induction into the Brotherhood marks their official death, for it is inevitable that they will be caught and vaporized. This is intrigues the reader, because we know they are ever closer to death, yet we still maintain a hope that they will see the abolition of Party rule. As Part two comes to a close, the pair are captured by the Thought Police. They seemingly have no hope for escape and submit to the certainty of their fates. However, the reader still has hope. We know the institution of the Party must be defeatable, but are left wondering how it will come to fruition. All hope must lie in the proles!
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