Chapter one
could be called "Taking the Leap," because in it, by writing in a journal,jumps into a
life of transgression that will only end with his arrest and torture.
Chapter
two could be titled "It's Getting Better All the Time." This would be an ironic
comment on the grim world Winston occupies, which we see in a more expanded form in this chapter
through the Parsons as well as through the news of the army's slaughter of the enemy. Of course,
the entire chapter shows that the better world the Party is promising is a lie. The title would,
less ironically, refer as well to Winston's increased desire at the end of the chapter, now that
he is coming alive through journaling, to hold on to hope and life as long as he can despite
having headed down a dangerous and subversive path.
Chapter three might be
called "Golden Slumbers, Dark Awakening" because it opens with Winston's dreams, one
of his mother and one of the dark-haired girl in the Golden Country. It then morphs into the
dark...
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