Towards the end of this chapter, something quite startling is revealed about Oceania. What is this revelation?

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What do you think will happen in the next chapter?
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What is the main idea of this chapter?

The title of the book that O'Brien gives to Winston is, "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism". What does "oligarchy"mean?

The book explains that there have long been three kinds of people in the world: the High, the Middle, and the Low. The book says that "The aims of these groups are entirely irreconcilable…"

What does"irreconcilable"mean?

The book explains that in a particular way of looking at things, War is Peace, because "The effect would be much the same if the three super–states, instead of fighting one another, should agree to live in perpetual peace, each inviolate within its own boundaries."

What does"perpetual"mean?

Explaining the differences between proles and members of the Party, the book explains: "[Proles] can be granted intellectual liberty because they have no intellect. In a Party member, on the other hand, not even the smallest deviation of opinion on the most unimportant subject can be tolerated." What does "deviation"mean?

Towards the end of this chapter, something quite startling is revealed about Oceania. What is this revelation?

Were there any words that you did not know?
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What is the main idea of this chapter?

The poet Ampleforth is led into the white–tiled room, and Winston decides that "He must speak to Ampleforth, and risk the yell from the telescreen. It was even conceivable that Ampleforth was the bearer of the razor blade."

What does"conceivable"mean?

The prisoners are kept in a state of dreadful unknowing: "Winston's entrails contracted. Soon, very soon, perhaps in five minutes, perhaps now, the tramp of boots would mean that his own turn had come."

What does"contracted"mean?

Winston's neighbor, Parsons is brought into the cell. He, too, is terrified, but feels differently about being arrested than Winston or Ampleforth: "The tone of his voice implied at once a complete admission of his guilt and a sort of incredulous horror that such a word could be applied to himself. "

What does"implied"mean?

Parsons' daughter has turned him in for committing Thought Crime. He was talking in his sleep. What did he say that was criminal?

Another prisoner is led into the white–tiled room. It is apparent that he is being starved to death: "Because of its thinness the mouth and eyes looked disproportionately large, and the eyes seemed filled with a murderous, unappeasable hatred of somebody or something."

What does"disproportionately"mean?