Chapter 6 & 7 Analysis

Chapter 6: Feminism

In a feminism point of view, the author clearly stated that the purpose of having women and marriage is to only provide children or heir to the family. Women played an important part as only to give the man his children. However, this is contrasting in our present day world as women became more influential toward both the country and to the society. More opportunities were being represented for the woman and that woman could even be the head leader of the family. In Oceania, where the setting of the book takes place, feelings of exotic and sexuality weren't allowed as was in fact a thought-crime. Even a prostitute who was old and wrinkly, Winston forced himself to have sex with her even though he doesn't feeling any desire or lust, but as a matter of fact “disgust”. This showed that, in a feminism point of view, woman was merely a “tool” a man would go to and not someone a man “loves”. It were as if woman was to be treated at as tool or a person you would go for to have children, and it is exactly what the party wants.

Chapter 7: Psychological

                In a psychological point of view, it is clearly seen that Winston is having troubles in his mind and his thoughts. He felt afraid and in constant fear that the thought-police would caught him and soon later executed him. Even though he was aware that what he was currently doing was against the Party’s rule, he can’t help himself to continue doing it. His dairy was a tool where he could think freely to himself and think about the past, present, and the future. He began questioning the authorities whether the actions and the laws were justified. The thought of the lies the Party is spreading and the fact that everything the Party do or say is correct like “two plus two is five”. The word “freedom” is erased from the dictionary, and that he realized that something had to be done, otherwise the future generations would perish. The fact the “proles” are compared to animals because they were free and could have pleasure and feelings, but they have no power. They were not even considered an equal human of the party. Winston thinks that someone had to lead this group of “animals” and together rebel the tyranny government, but he wasn't sure who or how. After understanding the concept of freedom, he began writing his own definition of the word freedom, “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows.”

Questions:
1.) Why did you initially choose the theory you did to break down your chapter(s)

I chose these perspective because if you didn't view in the other perspective, then you wouldn't get the ambiance or the feeling of the situation. By choosing a feminism side and a psychological side point of view to analyze the chapters, I can imagine the situation and the thoughts happening in the story.

2.) How did viewing the chapter(s) through this scope (and the scope or your partner) change your interpretation of your reading?

By looking through a feminism point of view, I see how women in Oceania has no other purposes than to serve the Party and to "create" children for the men. This is why viewing it in a different perspectives allow to see and understand a better picture of the society in the story. Meanwhile in the psychological point of view, I get to see how the protagonists, Winston, fights with the conflicts and the desires in his mind. He has an uneasy and disturbing moments because he is frighten that the thought police would finds out about his diary and arrests him.