1984 Book 2, Chapter 2

Cards (25)

  • The ground was misty with Bluebells
  • It was the second of may
    Date of the day
  • There were Ring doves
  • There were no telescreens but there was always the danger of concealed microphones
  • Winston comes across an enormous family in the carriage along the way to spend an afternoon with "in-laws" and to get blackmarket butter
  • A scarlet sash that was just tight enough to bring out the curve of her lips. (MIKASA), it was the sash of the Junior Anti-Sex League
  • Julia has brown colored eyes
  • Winston is 39 years old, has varicose ulcer, and five false teeth
  • At the beginning he had no feeling except sheer incredulity (unwilling)
  • She felt in the pocket of her overalls a slab of chocolate. Which she bought from the blackmarket
  • Julia was a troop leader in the Spies, does 3 evenings of voluntary work for the Junior Anti Sex League
  • Julia was ten or fifteen years younger than Winston
  • I knew you were against THEM, meant the party. Said Julia
  • A sneeze of a horse with bad hay - Julia's constant cursing
  • They were standing in the shade of hazel bushes
  • Winston knew there was a stream in the edge of the field - referencing his dream on chapter 2
  • It's the Golden Country
  • Look! Whispered Julia. A thrush (bird had started singing) had alighted on a bough not five metres away
  • Julia reveals she had slept with a lot of men but exclusively with party members not proles or Inner party members
  • Except for her mouth, you couldn't call her beautiful
  • "The more men youve had the more I love you do you understand that?": 'Winston Smith'
  • "I hate Purity, I hate goodness, I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones": Winston
  • "Well then I ought to suit you, dear im corrupt to the bones": 'Julia'
  • They fell asleep for half an hour
  • One does not need a passport to be endorsed in journey's less than 100km