1984: pg. 157-179

In these chapters, we learn a little more about Winston's past. He had a dream which made him recollect his memories and the fact that he was about twelve when he had last seen his mother. During this time, they were starving and Winston had become very greedy and disrespectful (for lack of a more powerful word to describe his tantrums). When the family was at dinner, Winston stole from his starving and dying sister. His mother knew she was going to die and let Winston take from the cupboards all that they had to eat. When they received a chocolate ration, Winston stole all of it and ran out the door, only to come back and find that his mother was gone.

There were a few significant aspects of this memory/dream. The way Winston's mother cradled her daughter feebly to her, knowing they would both die, displayed how human they were. Winston, how he stole and acted on his selfish instincts, was more like an animal and was becoming corrupt by the Party.

Another thing that happened in these chapters was that Winston and Julia meet up with O'Brien at his house. They talk for about less than half an hour because O'Brien has turned off his telescreen. He explains to Julia and Winston that there is a Brotherhood and Emmanuel Goldstein does indeed lead it. He says that they can join, but may have to kill others and alter themselves through surgery and perhaps never see each other again. This makes us wonder who O'Brien really is because of the surgery he's had. What if he was Goldstein?

The main purpose of the Brotherhood is to take down the Party by being corrupt. The thing is, the Party is not exactly an example of moral perfection, so they are basically just fighting fire with fire. In fact, the Brotherhood seems to be controlling them in a similar way, just giving them a sort of "hope" if one could call it that.

When will the Inner Party find out about Winston and Julia. If there is a telescreen in their room, how long will it take for them to be caught?