1984 and Nectar in a Sieve may be written by two different authors: George Orwell and Kamala Markandaya but they share the same message: Women’s place in a male-oriented society. Both authors show similar scenarios of women living, with a few differences here and there. Women are considered to be a weaker sex. As far as the women are concerned in these novels, they are made to follow the men. The women depicted in the two universes relate so much to the women in 2017. They, from the start, are repressed and ruled over by the male community. Few women may try to break the shackles that make them really oppressed and do things the ways they want to do. Being oppressed and manipulated in any way is not right, being forced to follow someone’s
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Even though Winston and Julia are in a relationship, he treats her like a tool for happiness rather than a person in her own right. The state breaks them apart as their love affair is not real but based on sexism only. From that perspective -how totalitarianism and sexism are intertwined in 1984.She is portrayed as a woman who seeks relationships with multiple men for her own pleasure giving it a name of rebellion whereas when it comes to potential rebellion she is never serious.Every woman is happy doing her household chores viz.Mrs.Parsons busy with her kids, a woman singing while doing laundry, Winston”s own mother and his wife believe that their main purpose is to wife and mother only proving women as second-class citizens.The women that Winston describes are all empty-minded and full of party slogans like his wife Katharine or proles. On the other hand, Julia is depicted as a sexually liberated, strong woman. She pursues Winston, has had many lovers since she was 16, only wants causal relationships and works fast for it as she succeeded in sleeping with Winston almost immediately after they’re alone. She is never considered to be a “slut” or dirty, but instead, Winston admires her more as she is able to do what she wants and not be pushed down by the sexual repression of the Party. One may think that he thinks of her as an equal …show more content…
Though she got married at twelve, she enjoys her marital life with whatever her husband earns whether plenty or scanty due to draught. She is uncomplaining and changes herself thoroughly into the frame of a traditional figure who works from dawn to dusk for her family. She belongs to a generation of self-sacrificing women, whose duty is to fulfill their duties a wife and strive for their husband’s mere happiness. Rukmani's image of a self-sacrificing woman becomes evident when she comes to know of Nathan's extra-marital affair with Kunthi. As an Indian woman. she struggles by all means to protect the honor of her husband and to save him from the evil traps of any women. Even though Nathan betrays her, she forgives him quickly as she cannot divorce him. Even though she is literate, she does not speak against the male oppression. She never finds fault with him for his inability to care for his family. She submissively shares all misfortunes with Nathan till he dies and she even accepts her fate designed by her husband.
Nectar in a Sieve is a classical pastoral novel which depicts the tragedies on the lives of people due to the introduction of industry and the modern technology in the ideal cultural rural life in India. Establishment of the tannery in the village depicts the lives of village people and pastoral land, unfolding the inseparable relationship between man and nature. This
Even though Winston and Julia are in a relationship, he treats her like a tool for happiness rather than a person in her own right. The state breaks them apart as their love affair is not real but based on sexism only. From that perspective -how totalitarianism and sexism are intertwined in 1984.She is portrayed as a woman who seeks relationships with multiple men for her own pleasure giving it a name of rebellion whereas when it comes to potential rebellion she is never serious.Every woman is happy doing her household chores viz.Mrs.Parsons busy with her kids, a woman singing while doing laundry, Winston”s own mother and his wife believe that their main purpose is to wife and mother only proving women as second-class citizens.The women that Winston describes are all empty-minded and full of party slogans like his wife Katharine or proles. On the other hand, Julia is depicted as a sexually liberated, strong woman. She pursues Winston, has had many lovers since she was 16, only wants causal relationships and works fast for it as she succeeded in sleeping with Winston almost immediately after they’re alone. She is never considered to be a “slut” or dirty, but instead, Winston admires her more as she is able to do what she wants and not be pushed down by the sexual repression of the Party. One may think that he thinks of her as an equal …show more content…
Though she got married at twelve, she enjoys her marital life with whatever her husband earns whether plenty or scanty due to draught. She is uncomplaining and changes herself thoroughly into the frame of a traditional figure who works from dawn to dusk for her family. She belongs to a generation of self-sacrificing women, whose duty is to fulfill their duties a wife and strive for their husband’s mere happiness. Rukmani's image of a self-sacrificing woman becomes evident when she comes to know of Nathan's extra-marital affair with Kunthi. As an Indian woman. she struggles by all means to protect the honor of her husband and to save him from the evil traps of any women. Even though Nathan betrays her, she forgives him quickly as she cannot divorce him. Even though she is literate, she does not speak against the male oppression. She never finds fault with him for his inability to care for his family. She submissively shares all misfortunes with Nathan till he dies and she even accepts her fate designed by her husband.
Nectar in a Sieve is a classical pastoral novel which depicts the tragedies on the lives of people due to the introduction of industry and the modern technology in the ideal cultural rural life in India. Establishment of the tannery in the village depicts the lives of village people and pastoral land, unfolding the inseparable relationship between man and nature. This