1984-September 30th, 2008

We start off the reading this week with Hate Week in progress. After working so many hours in preparation for the Hate, Winston is eshausted. On the sixth day of Hate Week, Winston was taking part in a demonstration when an announcement was made that the enemy was not Eurasia. It was indeed Eastasia. It seems impossible that the Party would want people like Winston to rewrite every last thing that had mentioned Oceania being at war with Eurasia. I didn't think the people could read or hear about those things anyway.

Winston starts to read the book from O'Brien. It seems like this book just goes into a little more depth of what we already know. How the war started is the main point, as pointed out by Chapter 3: War is Peace. It claims that war involves few people, therefore has few casualities. Anyone stupid enough to believe that must not know whats going on around them.

In chapter ten, Julia sees Winston for the first time in a week and both are excited. While in bed, Winston starts to read the book to Julia, but is soon sleeping. Winston glances at the clock and hears a prole singing a song. They talk about the woman, when the telescreen has finally revealed itself. It repeats everything they say, but with 'you.' They party knows what they were doing, and I had a feeling that Mr. Charrington was in on it somehow. If it was illegal to sell things other than what the Party sells, how didn't they find out about it before now? I think they have been on to Winston ever since he bought his first journal.

When the police arrive in the room, they are not anything close to 'nice.' They slammed a punch into her stomach and struggles for air. And what do you know, here come "Mr. Charrington." His facial apperance slightly different than before. Winston set himself up for this, or did he? It was Mr. Charrington was the one who showed Winston the room and claimed there was no telescreen in the first place. I think that the government wanted Winston dead, this was just their way of making it legal, not that it would matter to them.