1984

So Winston starts this section off with him once again being followed, but this time it is by O'Brien. O'Brien comes up to him and starts rambling on and on about a new dictionary and how Winston put a word in the Times that wasn't supposed to be there because in the new dictionary it is outlawed, but what Winston told him was that they have not recieved the new dictionary yet. This process is done right in front of a telescreen which makes O'Brien seem very suspicious. Why do this infront of a telescreen, unless he is trying to get caught...right. O'Brien is not who he seems to be. I think that O'Brien is maybe working for the wrong side, he is probably part of the Party, and possibly working to get Winston caught.

The other part of the book was talking a lot about Winston's mother. When Winston's father died Winston's mother 'lost her spirit'. She changed and was now raising Winston and his sick sister on her own. Winston was in some words a bratty child. He would scream and fight and throw temper tantrums in order to try and get food from his mother, and when she folded and gave him some it only made his want more. Even though he knew he was starving the only family he had left he still kept on doing it. I wonder if Winston's mother thought that if she didn't give him the food he would turn her in for something like thoughtcrime. She may have lost her will to feel compasionate towards him and only fear what was to come if he wasn't a satisfied child.

Winston woke up and found out that he really didn't kill his mother like he thought, this is what he got from a dream he had. Julia asks him what is wrong and he confides in her but she just blew it off. I wonder if it was just because she was half asleep, because he did just wake her up to tell her or if it was because her feelings for him aren't as emotional as they are physical because no matter how much they try their abilities towards feelings and everything are somewhat lost.

Later on in this section Winston takes Julia to O'Briens home to get the "dictionary" and Winston confides in O'Brien but we find out he is not who we thought he was.