1984 Blog 4

The conversation that Winston has with Julia is similar to that of the conversation that John has with Mustapha Mond. Mustapha Mond says that in their society they need to have things controlled, no one can go around with loose emotions. He also says that they flood the body with a surrogate of rage and murder, but it doesn’t contain all the inconveniences. John then goes on to reply that he likes and wants the inconveniences. He claims the right to be unhappy, to fear, to feel danger, and to know god. All of these concepts are opposing to those of the World State. This conversation is similar to that of Winston and Julia’s because Winston is also claiming the right to be impure and good; concepts which are different ideals than that of the Party. Winston is saying that everyone in the Party is against pleasurable sex, having desire, and not always being controlled. He hates that about the Party because people aren’t really like that, especially after Julia says that a lot of the members of the inner party, if given the chance, would have sex more often and not only to procreate. It’s interesting to note that both of these books about the dystopian society have a similar conversation.