Proles Section

[Hukalakanaka]

What was the significance of adding the screen with the prostitute? What did it represent? Was it needed?

[The Atheist]

I'm assuming you mean "scene" not "screen".

The scene is included to show:

A Winston had sexual desires that could not be catered to by boyfriend/girlfriend relationships, since they were banned.
B Sex is dirty.

I'm pretty sure Orwell had some serious hang-ups in the sex department himself.

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I think the main reason winston was with the prostitute is that he wanted to have a sense of rebellion against the government. Since having sex is a illegal in their world. Also it shows that winston is somewhat greedy to have sex because one: he had sex with a prostitute. two: he had sex with an OLD prostitute. and three: he hasn't had sex for a lond timwe since his wife disapeared