Chapter 8 part 2

Julia and Winston have decided to go to O’Brien’s house together. The house was full of luxury and very elegant. The fact that O’Brien could turn off the telescreen caughts Julia and Winston’s attention, apparently it was something only the inner party members could do for thirty minutes. Martin, O’Brien’s servant came over not as a servant but as a member of the brotherhood. O’Brien explains to Winston that the brotherhood exists, and their leader was Goldstein who also exists. Julia and Winston are finally persuaded to be part of the brotherhood and work for one goal and that is to go against the party. To truly be part of the brotherhood they had to agree to come conditions such as: commit murder, acts of sabotage that can cause deaths of innocent people, corrupt minds of children,  encourage  prostitution , disseminate diseases , lose their identity ( surgery change their face, their movements, the shape of their hands, the colour of  hair—even their voice would be different, and if they were caught they will have to commit suicide. Later on, O’Brien will send the book to Winston in where it explains the nature of society in which they are living and the strategy they will use to destroy it, he will only have two weeks to read it and will be never regret to have join the brotherhood . The brotherhood is a secret organization so, no one knows who is part of the brotherhood, a list is not known by anyone so, when its time to confess, no information could be given.

I believe this has been one of the most thrilling chapter in the book so far, because we finally see Julia and Winston are part of a conspiracy and are ready to even give their life to accomplish it. The brotherhood has so many conditions that can be horrifying to do, such as causing acts of sabotage even though innocent people might be killed, I believe that even though they both hate the party so much, I still think that that they should of not said yes to everything because innocent  people should not pay for all the corruption. I do understand that the purpose of the brotherhood is to make the party unstable but such conditions are so harsh that no human being should accept them. I also found intriguing how the members of the brotherhood could change their identity, that might mean that people like Syme might of had not vanished but instead they might still be alive with a different body. If that is true, then that means that in the world of the brotherhood, there is no way to ever know who is who and more importantly never know who is Goldstein.