Chapter 1 part 2

There is no chapter nine, instead there is chapter 1 part 2. In the other chapters we had seen that the girl from the fiction department has caught Winston’s eye, during the hate hour or when Winston was getting out of the shop but they never really talked to each other. In chapter 1 part 2, we finally see that the girl from the fiction department meets with Winston as a really casual occasion. One day Winston was walking when suddenly he sees that girl with a bandaged, she falls on the side of her injured,  Winston immediately goes after her to see if she is alright. The girl gave Winston a folded scrap of paper in his hand. He didn't have no clue what the paper said, only that it must have some kind of political meaning, or might even be a threat from the Thought Police. After he sled his work into the pneumatic tube he decided to open the scrap of paper, and it read “ I love you”. Since that incident Winston Was always thinking of how to approach to her, or else she might forget about him and move on. He sees that the only way they can meet was during lunch hours, at first there will be some interruptions by WInston friend, Parson. Then we see that the girl had not be seen for three days at the lunch hours, and Winston starts to worry and think that she must be avoiding him because she has changed her mind.

Winston visits the community center in where he eats his meal in the canteen, was part of solemn discussion, played two games of table tennis and stayed for an hour on lecture called              “ Ingsoc in relation to chess”. Ingsoc is the ideology of the totalitarian government of Oceania. Ingsoc translated to “ English socialism”. Finally Winston  got the idea of how to approach to the girl, and that was by going to the cafeteria earlier than he usually does. Winston approached to the girl’s table and they clandestinely started talking:

‘What time do you leave work?’

‘Eighteen-thirty.’

‘Where can we meet?’

‘Victory Square, near the monument.’

‘It’s full of telescreens.’

‘It doesn’t matter if there’s a crowd.’

‘Any signal?’

‘No. Don’t come up to me until you see me among a lot

of people. And don’t look at me. Just keep somewhere near

Here they met as they planned and when they got there, they made another arrangement  for another meeting. The next appointment was on Sunday afternoon at Paddington Station but before they left they hold hands and parted away on their own direction.

I now understand why the girl from the fiction department appeared so many time in the other earlier chapter, she must had been looking at him since that time. I wonder why they both can’t meet together publicly and what would happen if the telescreen caught them? We can see that there is a community center in where people can have a fun time without thinking of work, so they can stay healthy by playing games such as table tennis. But the government teaching are everywhere and  it never rests, such as “ Ingsoc in relation to chess”. Is nice to see how this two people had the chance to meet and get to talk, but how can Winston say that he also likes her just by that note, and not even knowing her name, or her eye colour. I feel that in the next chapter we will see more about the relationship between the girl from the fiction department and Winston.