Orwell

             In the novel 1984, by George Orwell, an aspect of Winston's personality is his distrust and violence towards women because he did not have a chance to get enough love from his mother. Winston's experiences with women were bad. Winston lost his mother at a young age. His mother gave him enough love when they were together; she even gave him more love than to his sister. However, since he did not get a chance to get enough love from his mother, it led to Winston's future bad experiences with women. Thus, Winston's distrust and violence towards women was because he did not get a chance to get enough love from his mother.
             A quote found on page 136, illustrates Winston's relationships towards women. "Exactly as his mother..., so she had sat in the sunken ship, but until far beneath him and drowning deeper every minute, but still looking at him through the darkening water." This quote implies Winston's lose of his mother. Even though his mother is long gone, he still sees her, and she is still looking at him. However, she is sinking and will soon disappear. Winston sees his mother from above but does not feel her love. This means that loosing his mother at the same time her love, makes Winston feel abandoned and not loved. The "dark water" is the effects of lose of love. These effects are Winston's distrust and the violence towards women. The dream that Winston had about raping Julia violently is the "dark water" or the bad effects that is left from loss of his mother. His bad experience with Katherine and their sexual life is also partly due to Winston not getting enough love from his mother.
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