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What do you think will happen in the next chapter?
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Reflecting on the memories of his mother and the time before the Revolution, Winston sees the proles in a new light: "For the first time in his life he did not despise the proles or think of them merely as an inert force which would one day spring to life and regenerate the world. The proles had stayed human."

What does"regenerate"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?

Winston insists that there is something at work in the universe that will prevent the Party from achieving its goals, but O'Brien believes otherwise: "You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable."

What does"malleable"mean?

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Winston's apartment building is not well maintained: "Repairs, except what you could do for yourself, had to be sanctioned by remote committees which were liable to hold up even the mending of a window–pane for two years."

What does"sanctioned"mean?

During the morning exercise period, Winston struggles to recreate scenes from his childhood. He remembers his family seeking shelter from an air raid, after which "…war had been literally continuous, though strictly speaking it had not always been the same war. What does "literally"mean?

What is the main idea of this chapter?

What is the main idea of this chapter?

In Winston's mind the smell of perfume was "inextricably mixed up" with his experience with the prostitute, because women in the Party never wore perfume. What does "inextricable"mean?

Winston explains that "the Party was trying to kill the sex instinct, or, if it could not be killed, then to distort it and dirty it."

What does"distort"mean?

Winston explains that the women of the Party have had their natural feelings about sex driven out of them "by careful early conditioning, by games and cold water, by the rubbish that was dinned into them at school and in the Spies . . ."

What does"conditioning"mean?

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?

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