1984

So this section starts off with Winston working all the time and finally he gets time off and makes his way to a square where people were at a Hate Week rally. A man was speaking of the hate against Eastasia until a man came over and gave him a note saying that it was actually Eurasia they were at war with. I find this pretty funny because it is just a way to see if everyone will react in a way that is either good or bad, with the Party or against it. And everyone does go with them and instead of hating Eastasia and praising Eurasia the roles where switched and it is completely ridiculous. So this leads to everyone thinking that Goldstein setting them up with this thought. There's no way it could have been Goldstein because if Winston works for the Party they are the ones who should know yet they are making Winston and the others write about Eatasia in the historical books. So Winston and everyone only get like 6 hours of sleep in each day for as long as it takes for them to finish this and they are all told to be creative but how can you be creative with a complete lack of sleep.

So Winston goes to meet Julia and while he is waiting he starts reading the book. The book is completely boring and talks about how the countries are split up and how they are the three superstates and how they never actually gain a significant lead on each other, and how War is Peace and how Ignorance is strength and yada yada...but what confuses me is how if this is Goldsteins book then why is it not actually talking of how bad BB is and completely being against BB...and why doesn't Winston question this???

I wonder why he went back to chapter one, did he think he missed something he might have just went on from chapter 3.

The true importance to this section is that Winston and Julia were having a good day not a care in the world, safe and protected in that room and then all of a sudden there is this voice like from a telescreen telling them they are going to die, and repeating everything they say. A complete rush of fear comes to them and they think there is no point in running. What would probably be going through my mind would be suicide. What is the point in living if they are going to be contained forever and then they will just disappear and they will never see each other again. They then hear boots coming up the stairs and men come in and grab them and the find out Mr. Charrington was actually like 30 not 80 and he totally setting them up. The men are mean and they hurt Winston and Julia and take her away and Winston states that was the last time he ever saw her...sad!