Chapters 4, 5 and 6
4. In this chapter we see Winston doing his job which is destroying documents. We see that he is destroying all documents about a person who has been vaporized by the Thought Police. He also invents a character named Ogilvy to replace him. He is an ideal person in the Party's eye, we are given that he finds everything suspicious and Opposes sex, both are characteristics of the party. The reason to that was the Party didn't want you to have free time and to save all your energy for the party.
5. Winston has lunch with a man named Syme. Syme works as a language transformer, who changes everything to "Newspeak", which is the official language of Oceania. Newspeak is a language which has no "unnecessary words". For example, there was no excellent or magnificent, there would just be good, plusgood and extraplusgood. Syme is very fond of this language. We also find out that he loves watching executions because he like watching people suffer in pain.
Then, good news about the war are announced, so everybody starts cheering. Winston also has to pretend that he is cheering. Winston then looks to see a girl looking at him, he starts getting worries because he thinks she is a party agent watching him.
6. Winson, in the evening, thinks about the last time he had sex, which was with an old and ugly prostitute. The party hated sex. He also remembers that his ex-wife also hates sex, they separated after they found out that they can't have any children. The party actually encouraged separation, as long as the couples had no children. Winston feels depressed and angry, writing the diary didn't stop him from feeling this.
4. In this chapter we see Winston doing his job which is destroying documents. We see that he is destroying all documents about a person who has been vaporized by the Thought Police. He also invents a character named Ogilvy to replace him. He is an ideal person in the Party's eye, we are given that he finds everything suspicious and Opposes sex, both are characteristics of the party. The reason to that was the Party didn't want you to have free time and to save all your energy for the party.
5. Winston has lunch with a man named Syme. Syme works as a language transformer, who changes everything to "Newspeak", which is the official language of Oceania. Newspeak is a language which has no "unnecessary words". For example, there was no excellent or magnificent, there would just be good, plusgood and extraplusgood. Syme is very fond of this language. We also find out that he loves watching executions because he like watching people suffer in pain.
Then, good news about the war are announced, so everybody starts cheering. Winston also has to pretend that he is cheering. Winston then looks to see a girl looking at him, he starts getting worries because he thinks she is a party agent watching him.
6. Winson, in the evening, thinks about the last time he had sex, which was with an old and ugly prostitute. The party hated sex. He also remembers that his ex-wife also hates sex, they separated after they found out that they can't have any children. The party actually encouraged separation, as long as the couples had no children. Winston feels depressed and angry, writing the diary didn't stop him from feeling this.
These chapter summaries are useful and interesting, but would be even more so if you managed to colour them with a little more personal response. How did you like the prostitute encounter in ch. 6?
ReplyDeleteHave you read any other books by George Orwell?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I have: Animal Farm
ReplyDeleteIsn't this book reflecting on 'Communism'?