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○ Chapter 1: I Love You
■ This chapter is called "I Love You" because of the note that Julia secretly give Winston
one day. Winston though that whatever was written in the paper would have some kind of
political meaning, and so, he thought there were two possibilities. The first one being that
the girl was an agent for the thought police and was delivering a message from them in
which it would be written a threat, or a summons, an order to commit suicide or some
other trap like that. The second possibility would oppose that, it would not come from the
thought police but some underground organization, some kind of "Brotherhood", and that
the girl was working for them. However, it turned out to be only a note saying "I Love
You" (pg. 136 ), this shows how the people can actually do things that are forbidden by
the government, that is, express their feelings and love.
○ Chapter 2: Trouble in Paradise
■ This chapter is called "Trouble in Paradise" because even though Winston and Julia meet
all the way in the countryside, they are still not any safer than if they were in london.
That is because there is the same vigilance, Thought Police patrols check your passport
and papers in the train station. Also, despite there not having telescreens, there are
microphones hidden in the trees, so Big Brother can hear you, just as much as they can in
London. They went there in the hopes of having a private relationship, that is, paradise,
which they had, but it was very troubled to get there. Also, not only was it hard to get
there, Winston had some troubled when Julia first kissed him. Winston, absolved with all
the Parties ideologies on pleasure, was quite embarrassed when he had no desire for Julia.
However, that was soon gone and they went on with their rebellious act of having a
loving relationship.
○ Chapter 3: We Are The Dead
■ This chapter is called "We Are the Dead" because of how Winston and Julia have
sentenced their death by having rebellious thoughts. Julia fails to understand that the
individual is always defeated. She knew that her fate was set, she would eventually be
caught by the thought police, but she believed that they were able to live in a world of
their own. Unlike Winston, she didn't understand that there is no happiness and the
moment one goes against the Party, it should be known that they will be a corpse, as said
by Winston. This is why Winston says that "we are the dead" (pg. 170), he knows that
they are going against the Party and that their death is inevitable. However, Julia, doesn't
think that, she says that "we're not dead yet" (pg. 171), so they might as well enjoy and
opposed the Party in their own ways until they are actually dead.