The Golden Country

In chapter three, Winston has a dream of a place called the "Golden Country". In his dream, a dark haired girl takes off her clothes and runs towards him. This symbolizes freedom, something that the party doesn't give. This dream is an important piece in the book because it shows what Winston wants. Winston clearly wants to be free but has no idea how to make it happen. In the book Winston describes the girl as "careless", and "as though Big Brother and the party and the thought police could all be swept into nothingness by a single splendid movement of the arm". At first, when I read this piece I thought it was just a normal dream. But then I started to really think about the dark haired girl and what she represents, and I decided that this "Golden Country" is what Winston wants everywhere to look like this.