What Does Sex Symbolize In The Novel 1984

1984 by George Orwell is an interesting dystopian novel which covers the topic of what society will be like in the year 1984. According to Orwell, society will be divided into three countries, each with a controlling government somewhat like there was in the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany in the real world. Everybody in these countries are brainwashed into believing that the governments are doing what is best for them, when the governments are only doing what is best for themselves. The governments control the people by making them believe that they are at war all of the time, allowing them to ration food, tobacco products, and coffee to keep for themselves. Besides this, the governments are also attempting to break the family bond by taking children and brainwashing them, teaching children to not trust their parents, and discouraging sex as a means of reproducing. The governments restrict this, but that creates the question: what role does sexual intimacy play in the novel 1984, what does sex symbolize in the novel, and why does the government try to control this?
Sexual intimacy plays a major role in the novel 1984 in which it is a crime against the …show more content…
Firstly, they want to eliminate sex to remove family allegiances so nobody will betray them for the welfare of their family. Secondly, they also want to eliminate sex because it symbolizes hope and freedom, which they want to crush out of all of their citizens. Lastly, they want to eliminate sexual intimacy because it can distract and cause a citizen to betray them for a lover. If there was no sex in the world, could there be freedom? Or would freedom claim victory