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The document contains study questions for Book II, Chapters 1-2 of '1984' by George Orwell, focusing on key events and character interactions between Winston and the dark-haired girl, Julia. It explores themes of fear, rebellion against the Party, and the complexities of love in a totalitarian society. The questions encourage analysis of character motivations, imagery, and the emotional contradictions present in Winston's relationship with Julia.

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- Book II, Chap. 1-2

The document contains study questions for Book II, Chapters 1-2 of '1984' by George Orwell, focusing on key events and character interactions between Winston and the dark-haired girl, Julia. It explores themes of fear, rebellion against the Party, and the complexities of love in a totalitarian society. The questions encourage analysis of character motivations, imagery, and the emotional contradictions present in Winston's relationship with Julia.

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Study Questions:
1984, Book II, Chapters 1-2
Instructions:
After reading Book II, chapters 1 & 2, please complete the following questions.

1) How does the dark-haired girl engineer a way to slip a note to Winston? What is
written on the note?

she falls and has winston help her up, putting the note in his hand

2) Winston describes her expression as “more like fear than pain.” What does she fear,
and how does that contradict everything he believed about her?

she fears what she's about to do because it is a large risk

3) Where and how does Winston try to arrange a way to talk with the dark-haired girl?
What thwarts his plan? How do they finally manage to talk together to plan to meet?

He tries to talk to her in the cafeteria, but she eats at different times and is always
surrounded by others. Winston eats early to be alone with her

4) What is ironic about the first meeting between Winston and the dark-haired girl? How
does the final sentence of chapter one demonstrate that irony:
“With hands locked together, invisible among the press of bodies, they stared
steadily in front of them, an instead of the eyes of the girl, the eyes of the aged
prisoner gazed mournfully at Winston out of nests of hair.” [Orwell 119]

its ironic because in this moment, they feel free, while still being surrounded by
oppression from the party.

5) Discuss the imagery of the opening paragraph of chapter two. What is evoked by these
images? How does it evoke the “golden country” of Winston’s dream?
“Winston picked his way up the lane through dappled light and shade, stepping
out into pools of gold wherever the boughs parted. Under the trees to the left of
them the ground was misty with bluebells. The air seemed to kiss one’s skin. It
was the second of May. From somewhere deeper in the heart of the wood came
the droning of ring doves.” [Orwell 119]
The pools of gold are similar to the rays of golden light in his dream, along with the
woodland setting and the gentle atmosphere.

6) Why does Winston fear that the dark-haired girl won’t find him desirable? Why does
their first attempt at love-making fail?

Because he is old. It fails because he was scared of her willingness

7) What is the dark-haired girl’s name?

Julia

8) She gives Winston a piece of real chocolate, which stirs up “some memory… which
was powerful and troubling.” Which of the five senses activates that memory? Describe a
sensory experience of your own that triggers memories:

the smell. Whenever I see one of my friends it reminds me of the show they made me
watch.

9) How many times has the dark-haired girl arranged for assignations? What happened to
her first lover? How does she view sex in terms of her relationship to the Party?

She has done it hundreds of times. Her first lover disappeared. She views it as an act of
rebellion

10) Discuss the ending of chapter two in terms of the contradictory emotions Winston
expresses:
“In the old days, he thought, a man looked at a girl’s body and saw that it was
desirable, and that was the end of the story. But you could not have pure love or
pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with

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fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a
blow struck against the Party. It was a political act.” [Orwell 129]

His emotions are contradictory and confusing, on one side he wants this relationship to
be about love, pure emotions, and desire, while also seeing it as a political act, one of
rebellion and devoid of real connection. He experiences passion, but it is inseparable
from his anger and defiance. His love for Julia is not just about affection, it is a way to
strike back at the Party.

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