Love is a recurring theme in the book 1984 written by George Orwell, and is expressed by different relationships/couples within Oceania. Each of the relationships, family or love wise are influenced and affected by the Party. Love is shown as a vague emotion either that some can genuinely feel, while others it is just a thought. Love is not allowed or accepted in the party because there is only room for one, Big Brother. Throughout the book, Orwell shows that love can be manipulated, is temporary, and there is only love for Big Brother is allowed through the characters and their relationships.
In Oceania, love is not permitted because of the reason that it creates a new world outside of the Party’s control, thus love is a manipulation. The
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When Winston and Julia meet each other they were greatly in love with one another and they would do anything for each other. Julia says to Winston, “ If they could make me stop loving you--that would be real betrayal (Orwell 166).” Later in the book, that love no longer exist and both Julia and Winston tell each other the same phrase, “ I betrayed you (Orwell 292).” The Party planned for their love to blossom so in the end it can be crushed into pieces, making their relationship a brief memory. Winston love for Julia can be shown as no more, when the two meet each other after torture and Julia says after the torture she does not feel the same for Winston anymore (Orwell 292). Winston and Julia knew their relationship would not last because they thought they would be killed instead within months of being tortured, they began to lose interest in eachother. Winston’s relationship with his mother is another example of impermanent love. His mother died loving him and Winston was to stubborn to love her back (Orwell 29). In his faded memories, his mother is a remain of temporary love that he can not feel nor remember now. Love is shown as temporary but not the love for Big