What is the main idea of this chapter?

While Winston waits for Julia to meet him in the rented room, he listens to a woman outside the window singing. He knows that "…the words of these songs were composed without any human intervention whatever on an instrument known as a versificator," but the woman makes it sound much better than it really is. What does "intervention"mean?

Julia brings real coffee, which is extremely rare: "…one did occasionally meet with [the smell] even now … diffusing itself mysteriously in a crowded street, sniffed for an instant and then lost again."

What does"diffusing"mean?

Winston is impressed by the way the woman in the courtyard sings: "It struck him as a curious fact that he had never heard a member of the Party singing alone and spontaneously."

What does"spontaneously"mean?

Julia sees a rat and "For several moments [Winston] had had the feeling of being back in a nightmare which had recurred from time to time throughout his life."

What does"recurred"mean?

Winston finds the antique paperweight inexhaustibly interesting: "It was as though the surface of the glass had been the arch of the sky, enclosing a tiny world with its atmosphere complete."

What does"atmosphere"mean?

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What is the main idea of this chapter?

Preparations for Hate Week are in full swing and the staffs of all the Ministries are working overtime: ". . .stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked."

What does"circulated"mean?

A new war poster has appeared all over London, showing a frightening image of a soldier with a submachine gun. "The proles, normally apathetic about the war, were being lashed into one of their periodical frenzies of patriotism."

What does"apathetic"mean?

Winston's physical, emotional and psychological health has improved since he and Julia began meeting in the secret room: "The process of life had ceased to be intolerable, he had no longer any impulse to make faces at the telescreen or shout curses at the top of his voice."

What does"intolerable"mean?

Julia is younger than Winston, and this makes a difference between them. Unlike Winston, "She had grown up since the Revolution and was too young to remember the ideological battles of the fifties and sixties."

What does"ideological"mean?

Winston observed that "In some ways [Julia]was far more acute than Winston, and far less susceptible to Party propaganda."

What does"susceptible"mean?

Another difference between Winston and Julia was that "In the ramifications of party doctrine she had not the faintest interest."

What does"ramifications"mean?

Often when Winston tries to discuss Ingsoc or begins to use Newspeak words, Julia displays a behavior that he finds unsettling. What does she do?

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