A month has passed and Julia and Winston are still finding
ways to casually sneak around. I learned a bit more about Julia; she played
hockey and did gymnastics (quite the opposites!); she worked for the Pornosec
for a year (does this possibly explain why she’s had sex so many times?); and
she’s tougher than Winston when it comes to rats (and basic carpentry for that
matter). Winston seems to have a fear of rats. I’m not completely sure about
this but in your passage he started talking about a repeating nightmare, where
something is on the other side and I’m thinking it’s rats.
While most of my section focused on Julia, I found it
interesting the little bit of information that I got about Katharine, (technically)
Winston’s “wife.” The story about how they accidentally drifted away from a
hike, found themselves by a cliff, and suddenly Winston wants to push he over
the cliff. Of course he does! I must admit, I was thinking that he would want
to have sex with her, unorthodoxly. These violent thoughts that Winston has
never fails to surprise me. Let’s just say that while he seems like a nice
enough guy, I’m glad that I am not Julia.
However, Winston’s feelings for Julia seem to have
transitioned from lust to love. He talks about wanting to put his arm around
her in public without fear and wishes that he could be married to her. He
imagines for a moment the normality of holding Julia in his arms after they
make love; wondering if it is what people did before the Revolution. I don’t
know if it was your purpose but it got me appreciating those simple things in
life that we often take for granted. To have the ability to take a walk with
someone you love, or talk freely about anything your heart desires is a beautiful
thing.
This section left me with a deep satisfaction and
appreciation for the little things in life. They are so easily forgotten.
Sometimes it takes a peak into another (fictional) world for us to realize that
we have it good! Thanks for the reminder!
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