Oceania
replicates the patriarchy of mid-twentieth century England, with women in subordinate and
nurturing roles (although the state would like to stomp out nurturing activities).
fits the traditional stereotype of "woman" as natural, sensuous, material,
and practical. In 's first vision of her, a dream, she is explicitly connected to nature in the
form of the Golden County. His first actual meeting, orchestrated by her, is also in
nature.
Winston, complementing her, is the stereotypical male: an abstract
thinker worried about the "bigger" picture of past and future, the larger questions of
civilization and truth, bent on political change in contrast to Julia's fixation on the here and
now. He represents civilization: as he takes a more active role in the relationship, he is the
one who rents the room in the heart of the city.
Winston romanticizes the
prole washer woman who is always in the courtyard outside Mr. Charrington's room, hanging
endless amounts of wash and singing....
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