Maisha's Brit Lit Journal

Summary of Part 2: Julia passes winston a note saying "I love you" to get his attention. Later they meet up and decide upon meeting at Victory Square; where they again decide to meet and talk to each other. Winston gets to know Julia and he falls in love with her, where love is a symbol of hope and Winston considers his relationship with Julia an act of rebellion against the party. They met regularly but very briefly with each other after that. One day they decided to have a romantic rendezvous at the apartment above Mr charrington's shop; where they enjoy real coffee, sugar and tea. Rats appear, scaring Winston extremely and foreshadowing the end of Winston's war with himself at the end of the book. Winston would have conversations about the party with Julia in that apartment from then. And one day he discovers that Julia also believes the lies that the party feeds them; even though her intentions are to take them down.  O'Brien finally approaches Winston a...

Summary of part 3: Winston wakes up in a windowless cell without any memory of the past couple of days and doesn't know if he has even eaten by then. In the room that he assumes is the ministry of love, he is surrounded by four telescreens. He feels pain due to his hunger but can't find any kind of food with him. Surrounding the room, the party guards are quiet while the prisoners are loud. Two prisoners enter the room and Winston gets to know about Room 101, which the prisoners will do anything to avoid.``Later, O'Brien comes into the room with a man who will torture him at O'Brien's command. O'Brien interrogates Winston about Oceania in order to prove his loyalty to the Party. Winston thinks that O'Brien can read his mind, and Obrien makes Winston believe in things like 2+2=5 by inflicting pain on him.  O'Brien explains the three stages of Winston's' reintegration: learning, understanding, and acceptance. Room 101 will be his entrance into t...