Secret Message
Winston receives THIS 3-word message, written in large, unformed handwriting on a scrap of paper.
What is "I love you."?
The dark-haired girl gains Winston's attention by doing THIS in a hallway at the Ministry.
What is falling/tripping?
Winston and the girl have their first brief conversation in THIS very public location.
What is Victory Square?
To ensure Winston doesn't get lost, the girl provides him with THESE, though he has to memorize them because they cannot be written down.
What are directions?
"It’s nothing. I only gave my wrist a bit of a bang. Thanks, comrade!"
Who is Julia?
(After Winston helps her up in the corridor)
Before reading the note, Winston suspects it is a summons or a threat from THIS dreaded group.
What is the Thought Police?
When Winston sees the dark-haired girl in the hallway, her arm is in a sling--which Winston assumes was due to a common accident in THIS department where she works.
What is the Fiction Department?
Winston & Julia use the noise of a passing convoy of THESE people to speak without being noticed by the telescreens.
What are (Eurasian) prisoners?
The girl explains that they must avoid any place with THESE devices, even though they are less common in the countryside than in London.
What are telescreens?
"I say, old boy, what I really came over for — did you hear about the model of Big Brother our kids are making?"
Who is Parsons?
(Interrupting Winston in the canteen)
Winston considers a "wilder possibility" for the note’s origin, hoping the girl belongs to THIS secret underground resistance.
What is the Brotherhood?
While trying to think about the note in the canteen, Winston is interrupted by THIS "imbecile" neighbor who wants to discuss Hate Week preparations.
Who is Parsons?
The author George Orwell modeled Victory Square after THIS famous London setting, indicated by the description of its enormous lion statues.
What is Trafalgar Square?
The girl chooses a meeting time of 15:00 on THIS specific day of the week.
What is Sunday?
"Five minutes at the very least!"
Who is Winston?
(While waiting to read the note in his work cubicle)
Winston waits THIS exact number of minutes at his desk before opening the note to avoid looking suspicious on the telescreen.
What is five minutes?
Winston's first attempt to sit with the girl in the canteen is thwarted by THIS "blond-headed, silly-faced" man who invites him to a different table.
Who is Wilsher?
While they are pressed together in the crowd, Winston & Julia do THIS, which lasts about ten seconds.
What is a hand squeeze?
The girl instructs Winston to take a train from THIS London railway station to reach their secret meeting spot.
What is Paddington Station?
"Now listen. I'm going home. You go home the other way. Not the same way as me. Don't look back."
Who is Julia?
(Her final instructions while parting with Winston at Victory Square)
Upon reading the note, Winston feels THIS intense desire well up inside him, making minor risks suddenly seem stupid.
What is the desire to stay alive?
Winston is finally able to reach the girl's table in the canteen when THIS person trips, creating a massive distraction with his tray.
What is the "beetle-like" man (or "small man with a flat face")?
As they part, Winston realizes he still does not know THIS basic physical detail about the girl.
What is her eye color?
Winston is instructed to look for THIS specific landmark partially hidden by a hedge, near the edge of a wood once he arrives at the countryside location.
What is a gate (with no top bar)?
"Look here, Smith, there’s a place for you at our table. We’re all alone."
Who is Wilsher?
(The blond-headed man who thwarts Winston’s first attempt to sit with Julia)