Defiance in Dystopian Society

Winston says that he doesn't want purity or any virtue to exist anywhere and he loves Julia for being bad to the bone. In Brave New World, the conversation between John and Mustapha Mond shows how in both of these novels, John and Winston are trying to defy the party or the world state. In Brave New World, John wants to feel things like fear, anger etc. because it goes against the World State. Winston also wants to rebel against the Party, and his conversation with Julia shows this. Both societies are suppressing different emotions, which these two men then want to feel or use to rebel with. In Brave New World they're suppressing anger and in 1984 they're suppressing sexual pleasure and love. It's so interesting to see how both of these societies have such different things that aren't allowed. Like how in Brave New World, real hate doesn't exist, but in 1984, they have the two minutes hate and hate week and they really stress hate for their enemies. And in 1984, they encourage sex for pleasure only, and not for reproduction and their people do not ever feel real hate. It's like how we talked about in class, Brave New World is not as dark as 1984.