The removal of the sexual insinct

This was an interesting chapter. This chapter instead of focusing on events focused on winston writing in his diary. Unlike his past entries about hope and peace he writes a reflection. He reflects on his wife. His wife's name is catherine. She was a loyal devotee to the party and had her mind brainwashed by everything in the party. But what was most interesting was the relationship Winston and Katherine had in terms of sex. Katherine saw this act as only a duty which she would perform in order to create members for the party. No where in her mind was she thinking of the desires people have today. All she was thinking about in her mind was her duty. This sickened Winston and he tried his hardest to break his wife away from it. He then said in regret he had wished he could have broken his wife away from the sick ways of the party just once. Just so he could indulge in the lust that the people of old had. But in his mind he knew that the destruction of sexual instinct and enjoyment was just another way the party controlled him. And that is why he had so much scorn for the sandy haired girl at his job. To know she will never be broken.