Winston sits in Mr. Charrington’s apartment reading Goldstein’s book. He is looking for answers and is quite fascinated by the book even though it tells him what he has always been thinking. Julia however is not as interested. She wants to rebel but is not interested in the details. Winston peacefully reads the book, appreciating the forbidden moment, but doesn’t realize that it is almost over.
He tries to get Julia to read the book, but she tells him to read it aloud. This however only serves as a lullaby to put her to sleep. Both are in a state of peace which feels like foreshadowing; the calm before the storm. Here is where the reader realizes that no one in Orwell’s world can be trusted. It turns out that the sweet little owner of the antique shop is a member of the thought police and betrays Winston and Julia. Just when they had found a place where they could peacefully be happy and in love, their world crashed around them like the beautiful glass paperweight; magnificent in it’s beauty, but destined to fall.
As Winston stands watching the agony in Julia’s face, he realizes that the moment that they knew was fast approaching was finally here. The end to their rebellion had come when they had least expected it.
1 comment:
Try to focus more on not giving a plot summary, and the blog was missing a attention grabber. Although that was a great comparison of the calm before the storm. That was also a great simile comparing thier world to the paperwieght.
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