1984 Part Two Ch. 1

"With hands locked together, invisible among the press of bodies, they stared steadily in front of them" (117).

How does Big Brother and his government expect people to produce children if they have made the citizens of Oceania afraid to show any sort of friendly contact among one another? The dark-haired girl and Winston were not even looking at each other because they were afraid to get caught! That is ridiculous! Big Brother has not thought some of the decisions he has made for Oceania through. He has brainwashed the citizens to the point of them not knowing what is natural from what is possibly stoppable. Katherine, Winston's wife, was brainwashed to the point of not even wanting to have children because it was considered to be impure. People are not free to feel the way they want. People are not allowed to do anything that might be GOOD for them. People are simply brought up to treat Big Brother like he is God. Since there is such a strict rule on contact between two people, citizens will secretly do it. It is inevitable. Did Big Brother not realize that? He can not brainwash every single person in Oceania. A person's feelings are something that can not be controlled. It is not fair to the citizens of Oceania. Big Brother is out of his mind.

Folly (107): n. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.

Insatiably (116): adv. incapability of being satisfied.