Pay careful attention to the last paragraph in Chapter 6, which begins “He knew sooner or later…” What does Winston seem to know? What is being foreshadowed here? Also, what do you think of O’Brien up to this point?
After reading the last paragraph in Chapter 6, we discover what Winston seems to know. He knows that he will follow O'Brien's summons and do what he wants him to do. After his weird dream about O'Brien, Winston has had a feeling that O'Brien will come to him "in a place where there's no darkness". And, his dream came true, he managed to have an encounter with O'Brien in a hallway at the Ministry of Truth, which he gets invited to go to his house. Winston was excited and anxious at the same time. But, he feels that all this rebellious thoughts he's experiencing might soon become his actions. The foreshadowing that's happening is he has finally met with O'Brien and now something important might be on the horizon, which could either be good or bad for Winston. I believe Winston knows how likely he is going to get caught and either imprisoned or killed at this point. So, this meeting with O'Brien might make the 'inevitable' come true quicker. And, about O'Brien... I really don't know what to think of him because I really don't know much about him. I hope he's what Winston thinks he is. But, there's a pretty strong chance that O'Brien might be the cause of Winston inevitable capture. But, I guess.. we'll wait and find out.
2 comments:
I think that the dream where O'Brien tells Winston that they will meet "in a place of darkness," might be some indicator to say that O'Brien is a dark person, but that might not be the case. We still don't know who O'Brien really is, all that we have to go on is that Winston is feeling anxious and excited. If I were Winston I would be very wary of O'Brien because darkness is a fairly common reference to death, where light is a reference to good things like life. Well, I think you make some very interesting points, great job!
Cory, good call on what is going to happen. I like how you realized that Winston's thoughts may soon become his actions. I also think that its good to not have a solid opinion quite yet about O'Brien. I definitely agree with you in hoping that he is what Winston hopes he is. Good blog.
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