1984 Chapter 6 Summary

Chapter six starts off with Winston writing in his diary about an encounter with a old and ugly prole prostitute three years ago and how he used to be married to a women named Katherine. They separated when they both had differences in ideology, which included her not enjoying sexual intercourse and only performed it to make a child for the Party. In this chapter, Winston also discusses how the Party did not want mean and women to form loyalties because they could not control them. In addition, the Party really wanted to remove all pleasure from the sexual act and the main goal of sexual intercourse is to supply the Party with new party members. However, artificial insemination (artsem in Newspeak) was slowly beginning to become the better way of having children. Lastly, this chapter discusses how Winston is longing for an enjoyable sexual
Winston then proceeds to enter a pub and talk to an old man to obtain information about the past before the Party’s control but the old man is not able to give proper, descriptive language. He then enters the store where he bought his diary from and purchases a clear glass paperweight, from the shop owner Mr. Charrington. They both strike up a conversation which later continues up to Mr. Charrington room where Winston is very surprised to see there is no telescreen. On the way home, Winston notices a dark haired female Party member following him and is terrified, leading him to think about killing this female with a cobblestone or the paperweight. However, when he arrives home he thinks suicide is the best option because if the Thought police catch him he will be tortured then killed. Then the memory of O’Brien calms him down as he remembers the place of no darkness. This last chapter in part one concludes with Winston looking at the coin and the ominous Party slogan coming right back to