Lit Circle Part 2- Chapters 1;-3
Summary
Winston finds out 'the dark haired girl' loves him when she gives him a note at work one day. He also finds out that her name is Julia. He no longer believes that she is a spy. He ends up arranging to see her in some place where they can't be watched. They have sex in a forest and she tells him that she has done it a bunch before. He is happy that there are other people who are rebelling the Party. Winston doesn't just want her for her youthful body and sex. He genuinely likes Julia and wants to protect her. The go back to normal lives and have several meetings throughout the week. We learn that Julia know that her interactions with Winston could get her killed but she also believes it is possible to construct a secret world, where you can live as you choose.
Connector
The event happens in chapter one of part two, throughout the entire chapter.
Julia has been watching Winston for quite a while. Winston believed that she may be a member of the thought police and out to get him. We learn from this event that reality is quite different.
Winston's relationship grows. Julia pretends to fall while walking by Winston and while he is helping her up, she passes him a note that reads "I love you". From then on, they decide to make a plan to meet. They talk briefly while in a crowd and share their affection by holding hands and decide to meet in the countryside.
This situation is similar to Romeo and Juliet.
Both Romeo and Juliet , and Winston Juliet's relationship start based on very little contact or discussion. However, both loves are extremely new and passionate despite their lack of knowledge of the other.
Passage Master Page
"We are the dead, " he said
"We're not dead yet" said Julia (142)
Winston is afraid of death while Julia is not. Winston is in conflict with the laws and is slowly rebelling. Julia is giving him strength to carry forward but seducing and using him for her selfish needs.
Julia is reminding Winston to live and giving him strength to not give up hope. She does not love him in a traditional sense but she does aid Winston in a long way of liberating him and awakening Winston's rebellion.
Many people have a fear of dying or becoming ill. When they realised that they time they have left is limited, they may try to have experiences or live excessively. Often exaggerated, their behaviours include rebellion.
"I thought I'd that a chance. I'm good at spotting people who don't belong. As soon as I saw you, I knew you were against them"
Julia says this when she meets Winston in the woods, explaining what it is she found attractive about him.
This quote shows that Julia is not who Winston thought and that she is against the party. However, it could be a hint that she does not actually love him but would rather have another revolt against the party with her.
Vocabulary
1. fatuous- silly and pointless
"The irritating thing was that in the racket of voices Winston could hardly hear what Parsons was saying and was constantly having to ask for some fatuous remark to be repeated."
2. intermittently- starting, stopping, and starting again, not constant
"Winston knew they were there, but he saw them only intermittently."
3. Ingsoc- the political ideology of the totalitarian government
"He wolfed another tasteless meal in the canteen, hurried off to the centre, took part in the solemn foolery of a discussion group, played two games."
4. saccharine- excessively sweet or sentimental
"The queue edged forward till Winston was almost at the counter, then was held up for two minutes because in front was complaining....."
5. etiolated- having lost vigour or substance, feeble
"Already on the walk in the station the May sunshine had made him feel dirty and etiolated, a creature of indoors."
6. chequered- marked by periods of varied fortune or discreditable incidents.
"They had left the clearing and were wandering again through the chequered shade, with their arms around ......"
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