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Book Two

Book Two . Chapters 3-6. Read The Nursery Rhyme . Oranges and Lemons. Symbolism. sym·bol·ism ˈ simbəˌ lizəm / noun : symbolism 1 . the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. Images for symbols.

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Book Two

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  1. Book Two Chapters 3-6

  2. Read The Nursery Rhyme • Oranges and Lemons

  3. Symbolism • sym·bol·ismˈsimbəˌlizəm/ noun: symbolism • 1. the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

  4. Images for symbols • If images are used to represent ideas or qualities, you must choose which image is the best representative for the symbols in 1984. • Once you have chosen the image you like best you must comment on why it is the strongest representative. • Include counterarguments against other images. • Use supporting quotations to back up your choice. • Highlight lines, colors, sizes, focus, etc. of the image

  5. Symbols • These three chapters represent a transitional period, during which Winston’s affair with Julia becomes an established part of their lives. Despite the risk, Winston rents the room above Mr. Charrington’s shop so that he and Julia can have a regular place to meet. As the preparations for Hate Week cast a shadow of heat and fatigue on Winston’s life, a number of important minor details surface throughout this section, each of which has some bearing on later developments in the novel. • The first to surface is the return of the glass paperweight. A “vision of the glass paperweight” inspired Winston to rent the room above the shop. The recurrence of this symbol emphasizes Winston’s obsession with the past and connects it to his desire to rent the room. By making the room available for himself and Julia, he hopes he can make their relationship resemble one from an earlier, freer time. After Julia leaves the room, Winston gazes into the paperweight, imagining a world outside of time inside it, where he and Julia could float, free from the Party.

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  10. Symbols • The second detail involves the prole woman singing outside the window. Winston has already thought and written in his diary that any hope for the future must come from the proles. The virile prole woman singing outside the window becomes a symbol of the hoped-for future to Winston; he imagines her bearing the children who will one day overthrow the Party.

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  15. Symbols • The third factor is Winston’s fear of rats. When he sees a rat in the room in Chapter IV, he shudders in terror. His worst nightmare involves rats in a vague, mysterious way he cannot quite explain. The fact that Winston’s fear of rats comes from a nightmare that he cannot explain is another important instance of the motif of dreams. Once again, Winston’s dream represents an incomprehensible link to a past that is beyond his memory.

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  21. Symbols • The fourth detail is the recurrence of the St. Clement’s Church song. The mysterious reference the song makes continues to pique Winston’s interest in the past, and its last line (“Here comes the chopper to chop off your head”) continues to obliquely foreshadow the ending. A more pragmatic interest makes the song relevant in this section: Julia offers to clean the St. Clement’s Church picture in Chapter IV..

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  27. Introduction of O’Brien • The most important part of this section is Winston’s meeting with O’Brien, which Winston considers to be the most important event of his life. The meeting is brief, but it establishes O’Brien as an enigmatic and powerful figure. At this point we cannot tell whether he is trustworthy or treacherous, whether he is truly on Winston’s side or simply wants to trap him for the Party. In the end, Winston will discover the answer to that question in the place where there is no darkness.

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