Homosexual relationships used to be much more common, where men could have very close friends, admire them just like this. Only recently has this kind of close intimacy from a man to another man been classified as homoerotic or homosexual.
That being said, I do think you can make a case for this kind of reading, but you’ll need to provide a lot of textual evidence if you want to convince anyone.
CaptnPotatato t1_j2a0rp7 wrote
Reply to 1984 and homoeroticism by obrerk
Homosexual relationships used to be much more common, where men could have very close friends, admire them just like this. Only recently has this kind of close intimacy from a man to another man been classified as homoerotic or homosexual.
That being said, I do think you can make a case for this kind of reading, but you’ll need to provide a lot of textual evidence if you want to convince anyone.