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1984 Deconstruction: Part 21 Why Winston?
May. 29th, 2017 12:02 amChapter 2 of Part 2 is a short one. We can get through it in one post. It starts out with Winston following his new lady-friend's instructions to the T. The narrator (which I take to be Winston referring to himself in third person) even points out that Winston would be more nervous if it weren't so obvious that she was so much more experienced than he.
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There are some parallels between Winston and myself that I just hate. Then there are the ones I don't know what to feel about.
Winston and the woman stop at a grassy knoll ("No, it isn't dead, it's a Gazebo.") surrounded by tall saplings. Those saplings are important. Anywhere else, there could be microphones. They're not likely, but they're possible. Here, the woman knows that there isn't anything big enough to hide a microphone. So, by process of elimination, we have a safe spot.
And, here, we get the meat of the fantasy that this woman could represent.
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There are some parallels between Winston and myself that I just hate. Then there are the ones I don't know what to feel about.
Winston and the woman stop at a grassy knoll ("No, it isn't dead, it's a Gazebo.") surrounded by tall saplings. Those saplings are important. Anywhere else, there could be microphones. They're not likely, but they're possible. Here, the woman knows that there isn't anything big enough to hide a microphone. So, by process of elimination, we have a safe spot.
And, here, we get the meat of the fantasy that this woman could represent.
( Read more... )
