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1984
George Orwell
Contributed by Roseanne Meinecke
Content
Overview
Context
Characters
Motifs
Themes
Symbols
Plot Summary
Chapter Summaries
Book 1 Chapter 1-2
Book 1 Chapter 3-5
Book 1 Chapter 6-8
Part 2 Chapter 1-3
Part 2 Chapter 4-7
Part 2 Chapters 8-10
Part 3 Chapter 1-3
Part 3 Chapter 4-6
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Part 2 Chapter 1-3
Summary

Julia and Winston walk around the little enclave. Winston, remaining at the edge of their little clearing, all of a sudden, notices the landscape: it is the Golden Country from his fantasies. A little thrush roosted close them starts to sing energetically, and the sound strikes Winston of being straightforward, unadulterated, relentless magnificence. They make a beeline for the clearing. Similarly, as he found in his fantasy, Julia detaches her garments, and they embrace. She reveals that she has done this with many other individuals, and Winston explains that the more men she has been with, the more he will love her. He is enlivened by her flexibility and energetic disobedience. In the wake of engaging in a sexual relationship, Winston compares their issue to a political demonstration; a blow against the Party.

Winston examines his life, and discusses his wife, Katharine, calling her "goodthinkful," which means to be entirely and totally faithful to the Party, even in her most of her private thoughts. Winston abhorred her, and her cool, systematic way in dealing with their sex life. Julia predicts that Katharine called sex her "obligation to the Party," and Winston is astounded to discover this is an expression that women are educated to utilize. With this acknowledgment, he starts to comprehend the true extent of the Party's sexual Puritanism. Expelling sex enables one's energy to be generally engaged, into a fierce dedication to the Party and contempt of its adversaries.

Analysis

In these sections, Winston makes a critical stride in his disobedience to the Party. He starts a relationship, completely dismissing the Party's contempt of sexual fascination and satisfaction. In Julia, Winston finally finds a comrade in his journey against the Party. he is not alone anymore. Julia's essence underpins Winston's hostile to Party thoughts and emotions, yet their undertaking additionally features the distinctions in their states of mind toward the Party. Julia loathes the Party, however, acknowledges it as a perpetual ruling government. She has no ideas of cutting the Party down or of fruitful insubordination to it. Or maybe, she appreciates discovering her own particular manners to oppose the Party, for example, productively arranging her and Winston's experiences. Conversely, Winston is certain that he will be captured and will die. As opposed to attempting to preserve his own life, Winston holds the idea of resisting the party and making sure there is a future that is free from party controls and dictates.

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