What is the main idea of this chapter?

One of the many things which intimidates Winston about visiting O'Brien in his flat is its cleanliness: "The passage down which he led them was softly carpeted, with cream–papered walls and white wainscoting, all exquisitely clean."

What does"exquisitely"mean?

When O'Brien asks why they have come, Winston ". . .paused, realizing for the first time the vagueness of his own motives."

What does"motives"mean?

O'Brien promises that Winston will receive "a book from which you will learn the true nature of the society we live in, and the strategy by which we shall destroy it."

What does"strategy"mean?

O'Brien describes the difficult circumstances under which members of the Brotherhood work: "You will never have anything to sustain you, except the idea. You will get no comradeship and no encouragement. When finally you are caught, you will get no help."

What does"sustain"mean?

When O'Brien asks Winston if he has any last message or question before going, what does Winston ask him?

Were there any words that you did not know?
You can always list them here.

Winston thinks of Julia: " 'If I could save Julia by doubling my own pain, would I do it? Yes, I would.' But that was merely an intellectual decision, taken because he knew that he ought to take it. He did not feel it."

What does"intellectual"mean?

Despite O'Brien's badgering, Winston hangs on to what he knows is true, refusing to believe that man is the center of the universe: "The belief that nothing exists outside your own mind —— surely there must be some way of demonstrating that it was false? Had it not been exposed long ago as a fallacy?"

What does"fallacy"mean?

Were there any words that you did not know?
You can always list them here.

Is there anything that is confusing or unclear in the book so far?

What do you think about this book now that it is over? What themes made an impact on you?

Were there any words that you did not know in this chapter?

Winston remembers his father "vaguely as dark and thin, dressed always in neat dark clothes …"

What does"vaguely"mean?

Were there any words that you did not know?
You can always list them here.

What do you think will happen in the next chapter?
(This is just a spot for you to jot some notes for yourself.)

Winston wrote about the prostitute in his diary as a means of therapy, hoping it would help him to block out the tormenting memory. Did the therapy work?

Please enter the first three words of a sentence that shows your answers is correct.

The man who owns the antiques shop is "…a man of perhaps sixty, frail and bowed, with a long, benevolent nose, and mild eyes distorted by thick spectacles."

What does"benevolent"mean?