1984 Part II, Chapters 1-10

Chapter 1 Winston meets Julia, she surreptitiously gives him a note that says “I love you”. Winston talks to Julia in the cafeteria and they set up the next time they can meet. They meet at the Victory Square for the first time and plan their next meeting in the country.

Chapter 2 The mood of the novel has changed to more hopeful and romantic. Winston appears to be in a good mood for the first time. He goes to the country following the route Julia outlined and makes sure he is not followed. He learns that Julia is not a “good girl” when it comes to the Party. They sleep together and Winston recognizes it as a “political act” not one of love.

Chapter 3 Winston and Julia continue to meet in public and have “conversations by installments.” Julia’s history is revealed. She allows herself to break the big rules but keeps the small rules to omit any suspicion about her ideas to the Party. As a Party member, Julia appears to be exemplary; she was a group leader of the Spies, a member of the Anti-Sex League, and worked in the Pornosec department of the Fiction Department. Everything is about sexuality for Julia, the idea that the Party dislikes sex because it changes loyalties from the Party to the family. Winston is married to Katherine, but they have not seen each other or been together in many years.

Chapter 4 Winston and Julia meet at Mr. Charrington’s shop because “privacy is a very valuable thing” (114). Julia brings contraband items she got from the black-market. They discuss the song about the churches and Winston is delighted to hear Julia knows part of the poem. Winston wants to be inside the paperweight because he believes that is where history is.

Chapter 5 Syme has vanished. They prepare for Hate Week. Winston and Julia go to Mr. Charrington’s shop; Winston learns that Julia is not interested in the history aspect like he is. She does not know why she is against the Party. “History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right” (128)

Chapter 6 Winston meets O’Brien in the hallway at the Ministry. He gives Winston his address so Winston can pick up the newest version of the Newspeak Dictionary. He is really talking about the Brotherhood.

Chapter 7 Winston and Julia are ar Mr. Charrington’s and Winston remembers his mother. He believes he killed his mother indirectly. The idea of family loyalty arises. Winston thinks about the Party disrupting the family so the loyalty lies only with the Party. He decides that only “the proles had stayed human” (136). Winston and Julia discuss the Party’s ability to see everything but still cannot get in one’s head.

Chapter 8 Julia and Winston go to O’Brien’s to discuss the Brotherhood. O’Brien confesses that he is a “thought-criminal,” that the Brotherhood is real, and that Goldstein is still alive. Becoming a member of the Brotherhood requires one to be loyal to it and willing to die for it. O’Brien will give Winston the book when it is time.

Chapter 9 Winston gets the book from O’Brien and begins to read it. He reads Chapter 3 – War is Peace first, and Chapter 1 – Ignorance is Strength second and out loud to Julia. Julia is not interested and falls asleep.

The Book – War is Peace This is Goldstein’s book about how the Party is run and how they have gained control. This chapter discusses the idea that the war between the Superstates is merely a way for them to maintain control and is simply political. The war cannot be won by any Superstate for 2 reasons: None could be conquered because they are too large There is nothing to fight about (material sense) War in this sense keeps the citizens in poverty or slave conditions. It keeps the industry going without having to pay the workers. (The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.) The hierarchy is only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance. It is a psychological advantage for the Inner Party. Keeps the society from advancing. (Science is not advancing.)

3 States’ Political Ideals: Aims of the Party: To conquer the whole surface of the earth To extinguish the possibility of independent thought Problems: how to discover (against his will) what one is independently thinking and how to kill several hundred million people without giving warning 3 States’ Political Ideals: Oceania has Ingsoc Eurasia has Neo-Bolshevism Eastasia has Death-Worship (Obliteration of the Self) War is Peace because a constant state of war is the same as a constant state of peace.

The Book – Ignorance is Strength Society breaks into 3 – the High, Medium, and Low Socialism idea prevalent in all Superstates but with unfreedom and inequality Historically ruling parties were to liberal and this caused their downfall which lead to the Superstates influencing their people through fear.

Winston understands how but not WHY The Party Uses Big Brother to evoke sympathy and emotion from the people Not concerned with keeping the population going but with keeping the Party going. Thought Police – get rid of those who might commit a crime against the Party Crimestop – the act of actually stopping a dangerous thought; protective stupidity Blackwhite – two mutually contradicting meanings (similar to doublethink – the greater the understanding the more delusion needed; the more intelligent, the less sane) Changes facts – in doing so admits to weakness because cannot rule with what is real (to change one’s mind is a confession of weakness) Winston understands how but not WHY

Chapter 10 Winston and Julia are caught by the Thought Police Mr. Charrington turns out to be a leader of the Thought Police There was a telescreen watchinng them the entire time!