1984 Gender Roles Essay

Americans history has changed over time especially gender roles between a man and a woman. This essay will be discussing the dynamic dark dystopian society in George Orwell's 1984 book verses today's society and see the difference perspectives or similarities of the gender roles and how it’s defined. Is there a possibility to change it before things get out of hand such as domestic violence? If we left it how it is, will the childrens be effected by it as well?

A book called 1984 written by George Orwell's talks about manipulation in public, surveillance from the government, and perpetual war. Understanding the dark dystopian society of the book, different portrayed of the gender roles that were described from a woman and man roles in the book. Women had to portray

Also they are to listen and show love to their children's. The 2nd roles that a woman plays is procreating. It is very impossible for man to procreate without a woman. In some cases women are to marry and procreate with man. For example in Book 2 Chapter 3 page 167 Katrina stated that it was ‘’Our duty to the Party.’’ that quotes means the party wanted Katrina and Winston to mate but instead he disagreed with her point of view. The last role that a women portrayed in 1984 book is infiltration. The women were known to be loyal, however they were a defender. For example in Book 1 Chapter 1 page 13, ‘’Winston had disliked her from the very moment of seeing her. He knew the reason. It was because of the atmosphere of hockey-fields and cold baths and community hikes and general clean-mindedness which she managed to carry about with her. He disliked nearly all women and especially the young and pretty ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and noser-out of unorthodoxy.’’ furthermore another way to explain the quote is a woman is loyal to their family or other, however if they see anyone break a rule or regulation,