1984

The first half of the novel 1984 is written in first person point-of-view. The book is narrated to us by Winston, a Party member. It is quite interesting that Orwell decided to write the book this way because many questions arise from it. One example of this would be that Winston was once married to Katherine. She wanted to have children, but she did not feel attracted to Winston in that way. She felt that having sex was just part of their duty as Party members. They eventually separated. They did not divorce because getting a divorce in this society is against the rules. Now, you know that the married couples in this society are not happy. They are purposefully put together because they would not mesh well together. They do this so there is no real trust between them so they would not feel weird reporting each other if they did something wrong. Since this is written only in Winston’s point-of-view it does make the question of how many other married couples really and legitimately have no feelings for each other and just feel like having children is part of their duty and how many couples would get a divorce if it were allowed in society. Another example is the picture Winston found. The picture showed the dishonesty of the Party. During the Revolution some of the leaders were arrested. One day, Winston saw a few of the leaders sitting at a café. The picture clearly showed that the leaders were in New York at the time they were said to have been committing treason in Eurasia, thus showing the dishonesty of the Party. If Winston was able to discover this, it makes you wonder how many other people might have seen that same picture and noticed the same thing. So, it makes you wonder how many other people in society know how dishonest the Party really is. A very strong example of how this book being written in just Winston’s point-of-view could make the