Dark-haired girl working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth.
Who is Julia?
The severed hand that Winston kicks into the gutter symbolizes this.
What is desensitization to violence/death?
"He had the sensation of stepping into the dampness of a grave" communicates this about Winston's state of mind.
What is Winston's impending doom about the inevitability of death?
The glass paperweight symbolizes this.
What is Winston's longing for the past/nostalgia/the importance of history?
When Winston states that the problems are "actually human" he means this.
What is the proles still have genuine human experiences and emotions?
Winston's diary symbolizes this.
What is rebellion?
Winston means this when he states, "Why was it that they could never shout like that about anything that mattered?".
Victory Gin represents this.
What is governmental oppression?
The paradoxical slogans, "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength" have this effect on the Party's control of thought.
What is the slogans affect citizens ability to reason and think critically?
The decaying condition of Victory Mansions represents this.
The quote "if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face-forever" reveals this about Orwell.
What is a fear of our collective future in terms of violence and oppression?