The two women's partnership strategies are then informed by these ideologies, which set against each other as two modes of thinking about the role of love in partnership, and as a result happiness in marriage, as it had historically been defined in Western society, and the way it is changing. ... The telescreen also acts as a window for the government to literally watch everyone, individually, and how they act at home. ... Mary can very definitely be seen as a member of the family whose happiness is sucked dry by society and her inability to act like a "normal girl....

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