1. Describe what happens when the girl with the dark hair falls on the floor. How does Winston feel about the message on the note?
2. What happens in their second and third meetings?
3. What emotions does Winston feel at first when the girl puts her arms around him? What emotion didn’t he feel? Why is that? What does it say about the society he lives in?
4. Winston asks Julia what attracted her to him. What is her answer? What is the significance of this?
5. What does Julia tell Winston about her attitude toward the party?
6. Summarize Julia’s explanation of the meaning of the Party’s sexual puritanism. What effect does it achieve?
7. According to Winston, how has the Party used the instinct of parenthood? What has this done to the children?
8. Why is Winston freaked out when he sees the rat? What could this symbolize?
What does Julia tell Winston about her attitude toward the party?
ReplyDeleteShe explains how she keeps undercover and the image that she portrays to avoid any raising any suspicion about her opposition. She explains how has she learned to do so by being a "troop-leader in the Spies." , "voluntary work three evenings a week
for the Junior Anti-Sex League", "hours and hours spent
pasting their bloody rot all over London" , "always Iook cheerful" and "never shirk anything" "Always yell with the crowd" to keep it safe.
I think that Julia's attitude toward the Party is what Winston admires. She hates the Party and she says that the Party wants to stop people from having fun, so she breaks the rules whenever she can. You're right she participates in many activities and acts interested in the Party to remain undercover.
DeleteDescribe what happens when the girl with the dark hair falls on the floor. How does Winston feel about the message on the note?
ReplyDeleteWhen Julia, the girl with dark hair, falls on the floor, Winston helps her up and as he does, she puts a note in his hand that says "I love you." Winston feels conflicted about the message because he does not know if she is being truthful or if she is just trying to give him over to the thought police. However, Winston decides to continue to go through with meeting her and they start a relationship.
I like that you recognized the conflict between Winston and himself, it is important to see that the protagonist in the story is also struggling to feel.
DeleteWhat does Julia tell Winston about her attitude toward the party?
ReplyDeleteJulia tells Winston about her loathing for the Party and its members, but is able to go undetected through a great facade; she participates in the Anti-Sex League and displays the appropriate attitude when necessary to come across as a normal citizen. Moreover, she uses sex as her own way as defying the Party, since it has been made a displeasurable act solely for reproduction.
It is interesting to me that Julia defies the party when she gets the chance, but then doesn't care about the fact that the past has been rewritten countless times. I feel like if anyone cared about the past as much as Winston does it would be Julia, however she could care less. Most likely this is due to her age and the fact that she is too young to remember what life used to be like before the party.
DeleteDescribe what happens when the girl with the dark hair falls on the floor. How does Winston feel about the message on the note?
ReplyDeleteAs Winston is helping the dark-haired girl off the floor, she passes him a note saying she loves him. The message was very distracting to him as he couldn't concentrate on his work for the day and was stunned that she expressed such emotions. Winston starts to feel a desire to live and starts to think about ways to contact and meet with her, as he is afraid that he might lose her.
2. What happens in their second and third meetings?
ReplyDeleteWinston's relationship with Julia starts with the love note exchange. The second meeting is planned out and they meet in a private, hiding spot in the country. Julia tells him her name, which earns his trust that she is not a spy or and they go into the woods to make love. This meeting is similar to Winston's dream of the Golden Country. Their next meetings happen in the secret rented room above Mr. Charrington's shop. They discuss the Party and have many sexual encounters after.
I think it's interesting how Winston was so suspicious of Julia in the beginning thinking she was a spy but then completely trusted her when they met in the field. I find it kind of weird that he was able to change his mindset so quickly and I think he should've been a little more cautious.
Delete1. Describe what happens when the girl with the dark hair falls on the floor. How does Winston feel about the message on the note?
ReplyDeleteThe dark-haired girl (aka Julia) fell on the ground, Winston helped her up. She later passed him a note that read "I love you". Initially I thought that the meaning behind the not was just a strong thank you, but then I thought deeper and realized that the note gave Winston purpose. He started to act in ways that showed his powerful desire to live amongst his frustration with his society.
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ReplyDelete7. According to Winston, how has the Party used the instinct of parenthood? What has this done to the children?
ReplyDelete"Family" could not totally eliminated, as it is necessary for the continuation of society, "so people were encouraged to be fond of their children in almost the old fashioned way". The children however were taught to view their parents as potential threats, and everyone else in society, and therefore constantly spy on them and be wary of suspicious activity. Family became a tool for the Thought Police; a device that capitalized on the proximity and intimacy of family and stripped it down as merely another way of intel and surveillance. This is clearly seen in Parson's children as they constantly try to report people with any suspicious activity and are demonic and disrespectful to their parents.
The party naturally has to keep growing and so the continuation of the nuclear family is vital to this. But they've stripped away the feeling of it all and have made the process of starting a family more of a duty than an genuine emotional experience. It's less about love and more about ensuring loyalty down the line
Delete4. Winston asks Julia what attracted her to him. What is her answer? What is the significance of this?
ReplyDeleteJulia told Winston that it was something in his face that told her he was against "them" that attracted her to him. Julia's answer is significant because it's where you first learn that their relationship is going to be based off their hatred toward the party. It is foreshadowing the fact that Julia and Winston are going to stick together no matter what to rebel in hopes of freedom from Big Brother.
Describe what happens when the girl with the dark hair falls on the floor. How does Winston feel about the message on the note?
ReplyDeleteWinston is walking to the bathroom when Julia, the dark haired girl, falls. When he helps her up, she slips him a note that says "I love you." He can't figure out the meaning of this note; he thought she was a spy for Big Brother, and now she is showing herself on the opposite end of that spectrum. The note makes Winston want to live.
This encounter with the girl gives Winston hope and a sense of purpose. At first this encounter seemed risky and that if Big Brother was watching they may catch on to it as a suspicious.
DeleteWhy is Winston freaked out when he sees the rat? What could this symbolize?
ReplyDeleteWinston is freaked out by the rat because rats are his biggest fear. The rat could symbolize many things; O'Brien uses rats to torture Winston and break his spirit, and this rat could be foreshadowing that it will happen. It could also represent how Winston's spirit of rebellion is high when he is with Julia, but will be crushed under his inexplicable fear of rats.
2. What happens in their second and third meetings?
ReplyDeleteIn the second and their meetings between Winston and Julia, their relationship dramatically changes as they make love in the "Golden County" and the rented room. Their emotions are significantly heightened as all feelings of distrust dissolve and emotions are being built. They both speak of their own disdain for the party to the other.
4. Winston asks Julia what attracted her to him. What is her answer? What is the significance of this?
ReplyDeleteJulia says it is because she can tell in his face that he has not been completely brainwashed by the Party, and has disdain for what they have done to society. This is significant because Winston and Julia have each other, in an actual meaningful way, and there are two people against the party.
8. Winston has a fear of rats because it reminds him of his childhood. When he saw it, he most likely thought back to the past. When he was younger his mom and sister left him. When he returned to his house, all he saw was rats scattered all over the place. This symbolizes his greatest fear because it traumatized him when they left. When he thinks of that time in his life, the first thing he remembers is the rats.
ReplyDeleteWhy is Winston freaked out when he sees the rat? What could this symbolize?
ReplyDeleteWinston's fear of rats could symbolize the weakness that citizens have against Big Brother or the the feeling of wanting to overcome something bad but never being able to because of the fear it holds on you.
4. Winston asks Julia what attracted her to him. What is her answer? What is the significance of this?
ReplyDeleteJulia tells Winston that there is something in his face that shows he does not belong. She knew right away that Winston was against the Party. This is significant because they both share contempt for the society they live in and its rules.