As other
educators have noted, this sentence appears in a dream toand is uttered by , a fellow party
member. When it first appears, in Part One, Chapter Two, it represents Winston's internal desire
to rebel against the party's control. But Winston's thoughts on this matter are suddenly
interrupted by a "trumpet call" from the telescreen. This interruption forces Winston
to abandon his thoughts and, on a deeper level, to realise that resistance against the party is
futile.
But, over time, Winston's sense of internal rebellion heightens to
a point that he can no longer ignore it. In Part Two, Chapter Eight, for example, he goes to
O'Brien's apartment and we hear the phrase repeated again. This is a critical moment for Winston
because he has taken his internal rebellion to a new level: he has made himself known to O'Brien
and is about to receive a copy of Goldstein's book. The fact that Winston is the one who utters
this phrase is indicative of his optimism. Winston thinks...
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