1984-September 9th, 2008

In this weeks reading, we take a little "trip" with Winston. First, he sees a man who is elderly, born before the revolutionary war. Winston stops in and overhears his argument with the bartender over a pint of beer. He claims a half liter isn't enough, but a liter is too much. Winston tries to find out what his opinion is about the living conditions before the war and after. Winston never really get's it out of him. All he gets is random crap about top hats and the House of Lords. Winston is forced to believe what the Party says, even though it probably isn't true. He eventually comes to a familiar alley and runs into the shop where he bought his journal. He goes inside and buys a piece of coral for four dollars, a piece of history. The confrontation with the woman was kind of wierd. I thought it was the ThoughtPolice spying on him and plotting against him. He thought about crushing her skull with a cobblestone, but refrained.


Turns out that the creepy woman from the previous chapter is in love with Winston, as stated by the note given to him by her when she tripped in the hallway. At least he was a gentleman and helped her up. The note is ironic because he was going to kill her just a week ago. Anyway, they meet up somewhere(don't remember) and she gives Winston directions on where to meet her next. I guess we will see if this is love, or a plot against Winston. I'm voting for the plot.