1984 Chapter 6

By spencerknuth

  • Winston begins to writes in diary

    Winston is recalling his last sexual encounter which was with a prostitute. He began to write of the encounter in his diary, but it was too difficult for Winston to go on. He had strong urges to throw things at wall and scream "filthy words"

  • Winston remembers his wife

    Winston informs us that he used to have a wife and this was the first lapse in two years where she has come to his mind.

  • Party taking away basic human instinct

    The aim of the Party was to make marriages not true connections between people but more of a way to serve your duty to the party, as marriages had to be approved by a special committee. The party hoped to remove all pleasure from sexual actions.

  • Junior Anti-Sex League

    Children were to be begotten by artificial insemination and brought up in public institutions. This was a way of the Party trying to kill the sex instinct, and if not to kill it dirty/distort it.

  • Memories of Katharine

    Winston thinks again of Kathrine. He mentions it has been nearly eleven years since he has seen her. Early in his marriage he realized that she was not different from any stupid, vulgar, empty mind that he ever met. She was not capable of producing any original thoughts. Her head was full of slogans and Party beliefs.

  • Winston's problem with Kathrine

    Winston claims he could've endured living with Kathrine if it had not been for just one thing--sex. Whenever they would touch she would become rigid. She would not resist nor operate. She would just lie there submitting. Winston says the experience was horrible. Even despite this Winston would have stayed with Katherine if they did not have to continue sexual actions, but Katherine refused saying she wanted to have a baby and do her "duty to the party". When no baby was produced they separated.

  • Winston want a pleasurable love affair.

    Winston wishes he could have a different relationship, one that was pleasurable. He wonders why could he not have a women of his own, but then realizes due to the Party a real love affair was not possible to have. All women of the Party were the same.

  • Winston writes more about the prole

    Winston feel if he writes the the whole story down it will help him purge the memory. He recalls that the women was old and toothless let alone hideous. When he is done writing the memory in his diary it makes no difference. He still has the urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice.