Part 2: Chapter 1

1) What is written on the piece of paper the girl gives Winston at work?

"I love you"

2) What are the two possibilities Winston believes are behind the piece of paper?

Either that the girl is telling the truth and actually does have feelings for him, or that she is part of a trap the Party has set up.

3) Winton considers how to meet with the girl. What are two ideas he dismisses and what does he finally decide to do?

He considers finding out where she lives or what time she gets off work, or finding her somewhere in the Fiction Department. He can't do either because it is far too suspicious. He finally decides to meet her in the canteen.

4) How long does it take Winston to talk to the girl?

It takes Winston one week to talk to the girl.

5) Where do they meet?

Winston and the girl originally meet at Victory Square during a prison convoy.

6) Who is in control of their meetings? Give evidence.

Julia is the one who is giving him directions and leading him to the safest places where they can meet, so she is controlling their encounters.

7) Choose one or two lines that attracted your attention. Discuss why.

"It was a queer thing, even a compromising thing, for a Party member to have in his possession," was spoken by Winston about his new paperweight. I feel that this sentence really describes how idiotic some of the Party's expectations were. They were to be suspicious of someone for simply having a pretty paperweight?

"The proper thing was to kill yourself before they got you," is interesting because it tells us that what the police and Party do to you is far worse than taking your own life. It took courage to do so, and it was also hard to find a way to do it, but it was a better way out than whatever the Party does.