1984

The chapter starts off with Winston missing, for the second time in three weeks, going to his comunity center. When he is thinking about this his ulcer starts to hurt and I think the reason for that is because he is stressing about what could happen whether he could get in trouble or whatever but he is getting agitated and that is why his ulcer is starting to hurt and itch. "If there is hope it lies in the proles." I think that this saying is important in the story because it makes me think that the proles are the only ones left with the memory of how used to be, they are not under as much control from the government and this makes them so important because they are the only ones left to bring them back to the way the world was before the revolutionary war. Winston believes that they are the only hope left and that is why he follows an old man into a pub and bothers him hoping he will tell him about his past. Once Winston realizes the old man has no recollection of the past Winston knows that the government has made much more damage even to those who have lived before Big Brother. This just gives him a feeling that there is no hope left and when that is in your head, what's the point of living?

While Winston was walking home the girl, Julia, was once again following and for a moment he thought of taking her in the alley and killing her. He already thought she was some sort of spy but now that he was holding something that could get him in trouble he is even more nervous. But he decides not to and goes home.

Julia has completely changed from who we thought she was in this chapter. She went from being a spy to actually just following her heart. In this chapter Julia makes a brave move. When she was walking by Winston she fell and Winston, surprisingly, helped her up and she gave him a note that said "I love you!" Winston of course is thinking the worst but he gets the courage to go and talk to her and they plan to meet. When they do meet everything doesn't go as planned but in the process they get to hold hands.