“Marriage means many different things according to the time and place of the culture and people involved. What for some people are obvious assumptions are for others unthinkable. No-one is correct: there simply are different forms of marriage” (Xiaolan November 2016). Evidently, this quote highlights that marriage has no real meaning and it differs depending on the situation. However, The Party has done the opposite and made marriage solely for the purpose of reproduction. Governments should allow their people access to all forms of marriage according to people’s wishes but by doing so it could mean a real relationship formed. As previously stated, a real relationship being formed means potential love and devotion lost towards the government. 1984 is the embodiment of social values defining what marriage means; in 1984 marriage is intended to literally keep the human population stable and nothing more. In the end, the idea of marriage is altered by The Party so that there is no potential for dedication and love lost towards the government, but replaced with dedication and devotion to nurturing children towards The Party’s
“Marriage means many different things according to the time and place of the culture and people involved. What for some people are obvious assumptions are for others unthinkable. No-one is correct: there simply are different forms of marriage” (Xiaolan November 2016). Evidently, this quote highlights that marriage has no real meaning and it differs depending on the situation. However, The Party has done the opposite and made marriage solely for the purpose of reproduction. Governments should allow their people access to all forms of marriage according to people’s wishes but by doing so it could mean a real relationship formed. As previously stated, a real relationship being formed means potential love and devotion lost towards the government. 1984 is the embodiment of social values defining what marriage means; in 1984 marriage is intended to literally keep the human population stable and nothing more. In the end, the idea of marriage is altered by The Party so that there is no potential for dedication and love lost towards the government, but replaced with dedication and devotion to nurturing children towards The Party’s