From Friend to Foe

In the last chapter of book ll in George Orwell's 1984, Mr. Charrington symblizes that as soon as you think you have outsmarted the Party, in reality they are just waiting for you. As Winston and Julia got up to put their clothes on a voice started talking to them, they knew this will be the end of them. The voice was indeed from a telescreen and the room qiuckly filled with men in uniforms in which one was Mr. Charrington. One of the men smashed the coral glass paperweight. Winston had compared this to his life at one piont and now its on the ground shattered which is exactly his life now. Winston thinks "for the first time in his life he was looking, with knowledge, at a member of the Thought Police." This is significant because this Mr. Charrington was once a guy that Winston talked with and now all of that has gone away. Winston will never know who is apart of the thought police unless he is being captured, then it doesnt matter if he knows who it is. His "perfect world" is coming to a screeching halt.

Winston and Julias different veiws

The main difference about Julia's and Winston's philosophies about the party are that Julia likes to break the big rules and is not as cautious. Winston on the other hand, likes to break the smaller rules and is a lot more careful about what he does. Throughout the novel, Winston breaks some of the smaller rules such as having sexual intercourse with the prostitute. When Winston stepped into the place they were about to do it, he quoted, "when i saw her in the light she was quite an old women, fifty years old at least. But i went ahead and did it just the same." In my opinion, this meant that Winston just wanted to go against the party and knew he could get away with something. Even though the lady was old and very unattractive, breaking the parties rules and and doing what he believed was more important. Another example is Winston writing in his diary about his beliefs. Knowing that he can't talk down about the party, he knows he can't just keep his feelings inside him.

Julia, also hates the party and believes in breaking its rules. The one big difference is that the rules she is way less cautious and isn't as afraid as Winston is. She believes that since the party is always so focused on people breaking the smaller rules, that she could break the bigger rules and not be caught. For example, Julia is always interested in having fun and never being worried about the party. While with Winston, Julia says, "Oh Rubbish, which would you sooner sleep with me or a skeleton? Don't you enjoy being alive? Dont you like feeling: This is me, this is my hand, this is my leg, I'm real, I'm solid, I'm alive! Don't you like this?" The quote shows Julia is worried about the party at all and only cares about the present and not about what could happen to her because of this. This means she isn't worried about being caught.

The birds are singing

The most eventful chapter in the book 1984 is chapter 10 of book 2 because in this chapter Winston and Juilia's safe haven comes crumbling down and have been caught in their shenanigans. Everything was going fine for Julia and Winston then one morning everything came down upon them. This morning the two of them were talking about how perfect the proles would be to be revolt. They watched one of the proles singing and thought "The birds sang, the proles sang, the party did not sing." Which shows how scared the party is of the proles and if they learn about the lies the party is telling them then the party can be in trouble will be taken over. So when the proles sing and the birds sing it means that they are blind to the real world and what is actually happening and think life is great.

Physical existence and its meaning to Winston

Within 1984 Winston is able to see reality as an external thing from himself and something that is tangible in his mind. "When you delude yourself into thinking that you see something, you assume that everyone else sees the same thing as you. But I tell you, Winston, that reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon perishes: only in the mind of the Party, which is collective and immortal. Whatever the Party holds to be the truth, is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the Party. That is the fact that you have got to relearn, Winston. It needs an act of self-destruction, an effort of the will. You must humble yourself before you can become sane." (Orwell 1984) During the interrogation O'Brian is interrogating Winston and is attempting to convince him that reality does not truly exist and that only the party has the wisdom to determine what reality is. O'Brian also makes an effort to show that Winston's understanding of his existence is something that is destroying him while making him delusional and; therefore, he must submit to the ways of the party to finally become a sane human being and a cogent member in society.

Under the Influence of the Party

In chapter three of book three, O'Brien continues his torture of Winston, but while doing this he reveals key information about the party to Winston. Winston is being brainwashed into believing everything O'Brien says about the party. "The terrible thing about all this, is that when O'Brien would say it he would believe it." Winston is under the impression that O'Brien knows every little detail about the party, and so when he says something, no matter how untrue it really is, Winston believes it. Winston becomes just another pupil under the parties watch while being tortured. He is unable to come up with is own opinion's and is under the influence of anything O'Brien says.

Winstons Reality

In the beginning of Book Three, Chapter One, Winston wakes up in a prison cell with other prisoners just hours after being captured. Winston watched as one prisoner after another was called into the terrifying room 101, where their torture and killing took place for their crimes committed. Since being captured, Winston has not eaten or drinked anything, leaving him in constant hunger pain. When we experience emotional and physical pain in life, sometimes we forget the most important things in life. As we read in this chapter, Winstons love for Julia has no relevance at this time. Winston knew that he would eventually be caught, that his love affair with Julia would soon come to a screeching hault. "You knew this, Winston" said O-Brien. "Don't deceive yourself. You did know it- you have always known it."Winston tried convincing himself that he would get away with it, however, O-Brien talked sense into him in the prison cell stating Winston knew the risk he was taking and the consequences that came with it. As Winston saw people being called into room 101, he saw the terror and panic that took over their bodies. "Ive got a wife and three children... You can take the whole lot of them and cut their throats in front of my eyes, and I'll stand by and watch it. But not room 101." After hearing this, Winston frantically came to realize how bad room 1o1 truly was. Winston watched one after one enter, knowing what was to come and they helplessly had no choice. Now, it was Winstons turn to wait in panic and terror as he awaited the dreadful moment of being called into room 101.

Who controls the future?

In chapter 2 (part 3), Winston is being tortured and beat down by O'Brien. Winston is "re"- taught how to believe the way that "big brother" wants him to. During this time of torture O'Brien holds up five fingers and says "how many fingers am I holding up," but Winston knows that he must say that there are four fingers because he must believe what the party wants him to believe. This shows that no matter how strong you feel about something, a little bit of pain can make your own opinion go away. This part of the book shows that no matter what you it has to be what the party wants, and they always have to be right. This thought also brings the thought of " whoever controls the past controls the future," this implies that whomever controls what is going on in the world that Winston lives in, will control how it will become in the future. This means that with the party controlling the world and how people think, they will most possibly control the world in the future, which is a very scary thought.

New Man

In chapter 4, Winston begins to realize many things such as, how pitiful his body is, and that he cannot be helped unless he makes himself believe what the party has to say. Winston says, "He began to write the thoughts that came to his head. He wrote fist in large clumsy capitals: FREEDOM IS SLAVERY" (Orwell 277). Winston begins to accept everything that the party has said and done. All of his dedication to keeping himself sane and not letting Big Brother corrupt him was forgotten about because he was brainwashed and convinced himself that it was right. Orwell states,"He accepted everything. The past was alterable. The past never had been altered" (Orwell 277). Not only did Winston believe these things, he didn't want to go against the Party like he had before. This change in the book is very surprising to me and i didn't see the Ministry of Love being like this on the inside.

A Real Claim- Section 3 Chapter 3

Throughout the novel Winston struggles with who and what to believe. Winston knew the consequences of betraying the Insoc society when he started writing in his diary. He accepted the actions of what he was doing and that he put himself where he is. O'Brien explains this to him when he says, "No, Winston, you reduced yourself to it. This is what you accepted when you set yourself up against the Party. It was all contained in that first act. Nothing has happened that you did not foresee." This quote clearly explains how Winston got where he is and it shows that he still has not accepted the fact that the Insoc society is right, thus his torture continues. The reader can see that Winston has not accepted it, when he says, “I don't care. In the end they will beat you. Sooner or later they will see you for what you are, and then they will tear you to pieces.” From this quote we can see that Winston is stubborn and knew what he was doing. At this point in the novel he truly believes what he was doing was right.

Forced to think whats not true

Chapter 2 of book three is all about making your mind believe things that are not necessarily true. While Winston is being tortured by O'Brien, O'Brien asks, "how many fingers am I holding up?" Winston knowing that he is only holding up four, says five, because he is forced to believe what the party says. This shows that even a person like Winston, a very strong believer of his opinions, can change his mind very quickly when it comes to harsh treatment or torture. The reason for this is because it makes your mind insane. Also, Winston says, "who controls the past controls the future, and who controls the present controls the past." This quote is saying that since the party controls the past, they can make or change anything that will happen in the future. Since the party said the past was terrible, they are trying to show the people that they have liberated it and made it better when that is a lie. Even though Winston might not want to believe that untrue, he knows he is in a bind and has no way out.

What is the party's motivation

O'brian, in the third chapter, explains that party does not care about the good of the people but they seek power for themselves. The party puts their want for power over happiness and comforts. O'brian tells this to WInston and says, "We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power." This quote reveals the true nature of the party's actions, that they are only to gain power. They strip all people of comforts to keep them in control and because the outer party members are subject to this it shows how the party is depriving itself of luxuries to gain power. This quotes diction reveals malice in the tone of how O'brian speaks, as he focuses on pure power and tells that the party doesn't care about the well being of the people. O'brian explains the future of the party, " There will be no loyalty, except loyalty to the party. There will be no love, except the love of big brother." This quote shows how the party wants total power over everything. They say they are wiping out all the pleasure and joy in life so that there is no chance of opposition from the people, giving them the total power they desire only for themselves.

Cracking under Pressure

In Book 3 of 1984, Winston "accepted everything" that had been told to him. Everything that he had believed and was told by O'Brien was falsified into this new knowledge. In the book itself, Winston tells us "He accepted everything. The past was alterable. The past never had been altered." After being tortured by O'Brien, Winston finally agrees with everything he says. Even though previously Winston believed that he would always be stronger than everyone else, he was eventually cracked by O'Brien. Previously, Winston told Julia that he would always conquer, and help the revolution, but now in Room 101, he is shown, confessing everything even things he didn't do. O'Brien tortured Winston to the point where hebelieved that "He remembered remembering contrary things, but those were false memories, products of selfdeception." Orwell represents O'Brien as a ruthless, and deceptive torturer very well. O'Brien was good enough at his position, he could recruit members, then torture them, without their knowledge. It can be seen in this passage, and ones before it, that Winston fully believes what O'Brien was, and is, telling him. Everything that Winston believed, was proven wrong, all through a little bit of talking, and a lot of pain.

A New Man

In Chapter four, we finally see Winston making a transformation into a normal Party citizen. After the endless sessions of torture and persuasion in Room 101, Winston is finally caving to the relentless power of O'Brien and the Though Police. Winston's realization to accept the terms of Big Brother comes in the middle of the chapter when he thinks to himself,"He hardly knew why he ever rebelled. Everything was easy..." Winston has finally come to realize that even if he doesn't completely agree with the Party's ways, life would be much easier if he would just go with the flow and do or believe whatever he is told. It is sort of sad that he is just now realizing this because if he had before he even tried any acts against the Party he still would be living his normal, peaceful life behind his desk at the Ministry of Truth. We see Winston trying to physically convince himself to agree with the the Party when he starts to write on the paper he was given. "FREEDOM IS SLAVERY...TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE...GOD IS POWER" All of these phrases were words that O'Brien had pumped into Winston's head during a session in Room 101. By writing this, we see that Winston has completely given up on the idea of taking down Big Brother and is now trying to make up for lost time by showing O'Brien that he is willing to accept the Party. Although he has not been completely brainwashed yet, Winston is certainly on his way to becoming yet another robot controlled by Big Brother.

Contradiction of Trust and Betrayal

In the tenth chapter, book 2 of the "1984" novel written by George Orwell, the most significant approach is the theme of trust and betrayal.
Winston and Julia were staying in the room above Mr Charrington's room to have some time for themselves. They just got up and put cloths on while looking at a woman singing outside the window. A telescreen started talking to them and both were shocked. They knew this was their end. The house was surrendered and shortly after the room was filled with solid men in black uniforms. Someone had smashed the paperweight into smaller pieces. Winston thought "How small, how small it always was!", showing that the paperweight was unsafe and tiny. It represented their own little world and Winston just realized that it was silly to think they would have a chance to survive for a long time. The word "small" shows that their world was so small compared to the Party and therefore didn't have any chance. The trust they had into their world was gone.
A few passages after that Mr Charrington is entering the room. His hair color had changed and his faces had undergone only tiny changes that had nevertheless made him completely different. The last sentence in Book 2 saying "It occurred to Winston that for the first time in his life he was looking, with knowledge, at a member of the Though police.", showing that his trust and believe in Mr. Charrington being a prole has swept away. It shows the betrayal that Mr Charrington just acted like he was a prole, but never has been. Winston's "perfect" plan of having a good time with his love Julia got destroyed.

Fear of Room 101

In Chapter One (book 3), Winston wakes up in a jail cell with a crowd of other prisoners just after being arrested and taken away. Winston watches as one by one the officers pull out each prisoner and take them to room 101, and how the prisoners beg and plead to go anywhere but there. Winston seemed to forget about Julia while in the cell, and only cared about the well-being of himself. As he thought of the brotherhood he had with O'Brien we can see of his lack of remembrance for Julia, "He loved her and would not betray her; but that was only a fact, known as he knew the rules of arithmetic. He felt no love for her, and he hardly even wondered what was happening to her" (Orwell 229). With all the physical and emotional pain happening to Winston, he has no time to think of Julia. He's concerned with what is going on in the prison cell and trying to get some food in his stomach. With the guidance of O'Brien when he arrives in the cell, Winston comes to face the truth when O'Brien says, "You knew this, Winston. Don't deceive yourself. You did know it- you have always know it" (Orwell 239). All along, Winston knew the risk he was taking by being with Julia. With the help of O'Brien he came to realize what he has done is over with and he can't change that. Now with the support of O'Brien by his side, he sits in fear and waits for his name to be called for Room 101...

Book Three Blog Post - Due Monday, 03/14

Hi all - here is your assignment for this post :

1) Choose an index card with a chapter from end of Book Two or beginning of Book Three.

2) Compose a blog post of at least one paragraph in length in which ...

• You make a clear and original claim about a significant aspect of the chapter.
• Support the claim with two pieces of evidence.
• Follow each piece of evidence with at least two sentences of commentary.

You may have till the end of the day to complete as needed.

Socialism

Definition: a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.

Kibbutz:

-The first Kibbutz was founded in 1909

-Kibbutz is an Israeli commune

- The kibbutz’s tried to be self-sufficient and be separate from normal society, but ultimately failed. They became dependent to some extent on government and charities.

-Examples of Socialism are shown as all property and the people, who equally participate in the government, share wealth.

-The community owns the means of production. (Work)

- The community decides what gets made and how earnings are distributed.

History of Socialism:

- Francois Noel Babeuf (1760-1797) is credited for the founding of the idea of Socialism.

- He influenced the idea of taking away private property to create equality.

- The industrial Revolution led to a greater difference between the haves and the have-nots.

- Soviet dictator Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1917) was the first world leader to implement the socialist concept when he collectivized agriculture.

- After World War I socialist parties became active in other countries such as Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Links:

-http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-kibbutz.htm

-http://money.howstuffworks.com/socialism2.htm

-http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/socialism

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.

SOCIALISM

Definition: A theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.

It's said that Socialism has derived from the work of Karl Marx, who wanted to first form an economic system without the issue of competition and need for money. He concluded that to form this economic system, the drive for profit must decrease and the market mechanism must be lowered in order to construct this system.

In Chapter 2 of Ludwig Von Mises book, he talks about Socialism and the aim for it to transfer the manner of manufacturing from a privately owned property to the state. If the state is in control of the factories and production going on, they can decide who is in power and make all the companies the same, to make the world wide.

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Socialism.html

http://mises.org/books/socialism/part1_ch2.aspx

Socialism

Definition: Socialism is a system of government in which the government controls all means of production and the economy. It in theory creates equal-power relations, allows the common ownership of resources within a society, and tends to constrain the ideas of free trade competition among people. As an economic system Socialism is divided into many different categories and ideas relating to the structure of government, the economy, and social ideas.

Early Socialists:

Henri de Saint-Simon

Charles Fourier

Robert Owen

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Mikhail Bakunin

Socialist Countries:

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Laos

Cuba

People's Republic of China

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

People's Republic of Angola

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Socialism.html

http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

Captitalism

Definition: Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit. Decisions are made within a free market regarding supply, demand, price, distribution, and investment . Wages are paid to workers and profit is sent to owners who invest in businesses.
The concept of socialism - a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole - is the complete opposite of the idea of capitalism. Capitalism is more popular and the United States are an example of it.Capitalism also means that if you have a higher job you get paid more if you have a lower job you will get paid less.

A lot of people like capitalism, but don’t like it when the government controls business regulations etc. They think that regulating businesses is not what a capitalistic nation/government should do and expect the government to stop it. A good example is the article written by Sylvia Bokor as she is saying that a businessman wrote her that he lost two companies because of the government controlling it. Many people are in favor of capitalism and dislike the government regulating businesses.

Capitalism often is favored instead of socialism. In an example article written by Phil Keating he shows and explains that Cuba is a socialism nation but takes little steps to get to a capitalism nation. It emphasizes that Cuba had a lot of trouble and problems with socialism in the last few years. He also stated in his article that “ the carrot of capitalism is quickly frustrating in a poor country where supplies are far from abundant and inventories are minimal,” saying that is can be frustrating in a country with not a lot of money and opportunities.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/capitalism http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/markets/business/6318-government-regulation-is-killing-business.html
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/02/11/cuba-capitalism-baby-steps/

Communism- Taylor, TJ, Parker

A system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/communism

• Also known as “Revolutionary Proletarian Socialism” or “Marxism”
• Two primary writings:
• The Communist Manifesto
• Principles of Communism

• The Communist Manifesto- 1848
• Author- Karl Marx
• Recognized as one of the most revered political manuscript
• Used by the Communist League
• Contained Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels theories on nature of society and politics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto

http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/communism.htm

• Principles of Communism
• Author- Fiedrich Engels
• A compilation of Marx and Engles own idea

Communism Ideas:

• Replace private property and an economy that makes profit and change it to public ownership.
• Public Owner Ship- a part or whole of something owned by the state and then controlled by a public authority.

• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/129104/communism

• Present Communist Countries
• China
• Cuba
• North Korea
• Laos
• Vietnam
• Past Communist Countries
• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Angola
• Benin
• Bulgaria
• Cambodia
• Czechoslovakia
• Hungary
• East Germany
• Ethiopia
• Mongolia
• Mozambique
• Poland
• Romania
• Somalia
• South Yemen
• Soviet Union
• Yugoslavia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_state

• Communist Leaders:

Gracchus Babeuf

Karl Marx

Friedrich Engles

Peter Kroptkin

Herman Gorter

Rosa Lexemburg

Antonio Gramsci

Vladimir Lenin

Leon Trotsky

Joesph Stalin

Nikita Khruschev

Leonid Brezhnev

Mao Zedong

Juang Qing

Lin Biao

Enver Hoxha

Mikhail Gorbachev

Che Guevara

Fidel Castro

Josip Tito

George Orwell

Educational source: by Caroline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell#Literary_career
George Orwell is a writer who presented his opinions on different types of governments. He was born 25 June 1903 as Eric Arthur Blair but used a pen name. He shows his view on a dystopian society in his book 1984. Through many of his books he critisizes totalitarianism and lobbies for democratic socialism. He began to support socialism after the spanish civil war


News Source: by Martin http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/23/clark.colbert/index.html?iref=allsearch
“ If George Orwell and Lucille Ball had a love child, his name would be Stephen Colbert” CNN. Steven Colbert did a sketch on the governments ability to spy on its citizens. Colbert sarcastically pretends that he likes the ability for the government to spy on its citizens. Similar to Orwell’s main character Winson who pretends to like his government.

Political by Ben http://mural.uv.es/mabela/orw+pol.htm
Orwell was a left wing pioneer because he said that the Communism and Fascism are almost the same. He stated that both sorts of regimes began to take away property and nationalize the industry. Orwell saw in the Communist as well as in the Fascist leaders as people who were greedy for power and that their political views did not matter a lot so long the meanings promised increase of power.

Our Race Is Better Than Your Race

Fascism became a known style of government when Benito Mussolini came to power and named his army fasci. then later his style of government became known as Fascism. Fascism can be described as a political attitude or mass movement that rejects the idea of socialism and capitalism and democracy. It became popular during the times of the two World Wars and was made famous by dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, and Heinrich Himmler. These dictators used this idea to gain complete power because it rejected the idea of socialism, capitalism and democracy. One focus of the Fascist rule is surveillance and limiting the ability of the believed inferior race. The higher rule believe that they are always correct and that the inferior race should have no power because of their lower social status. Fascism can basically be viewed as a much more powerful version of racism that also has political effect. Overall, the Fascist leaders believe that the strength of the country is more important than the people that live in the country.

Cites used:

http://www.publiceye.org/eyes/whatfasc.html

http://departments.kings.edu/history/20c/fascism.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/opinion/07Garelick.html?src=twrhp

Content Quest - Due Tuesday, 3/8

Hi guys - here are the instructions I posted on the board today in class. Your goal = discover the essential aspects of your topic to share with the class. Work to finish your post on your topic before class tomorrow.

1) Use (and cite!) three or more different types of sources -- i.e. political, educational, news, etc

2) Summarize information from each source and post to blog -- really work on summary skills here. Don't copy and paste but synthesize the information.

3) Provide one or more visuals that you feel like symbolizes your topic.

The format of your post does not have to be in paragraph format; this exercise is about summary and content and not as much about writing.

Significant Quote From 1984

Orwell starts chapter VII off with Winston writing in his diary. Winston states, "If there was hope, it must lie in the Proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty-five percent of the population of Oceania, could the force to destroy the Party ever be generated" (Orwell 69). Winston, as we have learned, has these thoughts because he has hope for society for the future and wants everything to be changed. Winston knows that the Party would be hard to corrupt but he believes that hope lies with the Proles. The Proles make up 85% of the population, therefore it would be easy for them to take over the Party if they had the desire to. Because the Proles don't necessarily have the desire for things to change, the Party does not have to keep a close watch on them at all. Winston knows that they aren't watched like everyone else is therefore if they did decide to try to make a change, it would be much easier to organize a revolt because they are being paid no attention by the party.

I believe this quote is important because it sets a base for Winston to build off of with his ideas. Winston needs some kind of a revolt so he writes down his ideas and feelings which he is not allowed to do. Also, with Winston writing these ideas down and when he continues to do so, he can put them all together and make himself a plan and if he comes across someone that he can trust enough, he can try to get others to believe what he sees and more or less, make them snap out of it.

In both book one and book two, Winston visits a place called the golden country. In book one he dreams about going to this place and watching a young black haired woman takeoff her clothes. He describes his encounters with this woman as "careless" and "as though big brother and the party and the thought police could be swept into nothingness". Winston seems to enjoy the Golden Country and the black haired woman in his dream and it seems the Golden Country gives him what he wants the most, a break from big brother.

In book two, Winston is told by the dark haired in victory square to follow the directions, she gives him. Winston ends up on a train taking him to the countryside. Here, he meets up with the dark haired girl and makes love in the bushes. After having sex in the bushes Winston realizes that this is almost the same exact place in his dream. Winston's reality Golden Country symbolizes a place where he can break the law with someone other than just himself.