Dirty or Clean? It doesn't matter it's paradise.

In 1984 the room above Mr. Charrington's shop is meaningful to Julia and Winston because it didn't matter if the room was "Dirty or Clean, the room was paradise." In this room Julia and Winston could be together in their own little world and be together, which would not happen in Oceania Winston explained that "Privacy, was a very valuable thing." In this room, Julia and Winston can talk and be themselves and feel safe. Loving each other and talking about the party is rebelling against the party and it makes them feel powerful. Besides, being a room where they can talk and be themselves, the room represents a window into the past " where extinct animals would walk," as Winston explains. This allows them to be part of a world that they don't remember and to feel free.

The coral paperweight represents "the room he was in, and the coral was Julia's life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of crystal." This quote symbolizes the different way that Winston thinks when he is in the room with Julia. He believes that he can do anything and it will all last for forever. The paperweight and the room represent the understanding that Winston and Julia have for each other.