Part One- VII-VIII

Chapter VII
Winston talks about the proles being the only hope against the party. He talks about how if they rose up together they could over through the party without much trouble. But he and the reader both know that this will not happen. The cannot rise up because they worry so much about the daily things like food and shelter that they don’t have enough time or energy to question things and ultimately rebel. So if you think about it there is no real hope for the future. So then Winston begins to question the pastas the party explains it and how he remembers it. He recalls some memories where the party lied like when the parties tell him about the criminals in Eurasia but finds photograph showing them in New York. He knows that the past has been altered but he still questions why and what the purpose of it.

Chapter VIII
Winston goes for a walk in the prole section of town. He observes there simple lives and envies them a little since they are so simple. He then goes into a pup and gets a drink. He thinks about the past and how is no one remembers it and history says otherwise then how does he know it really happened? After a while he leaves and walks down the street to discover that the shop where he got his diary is still open. He goes in and finds that though the stuff may not have much value it is connected to the past. He sees a paper weight and decides to buy it since it is the thing that stands out the most to him. After Mr. Charrington the shop owner offers to show hip a private room upstairs that doesn’t have a telesreen. Winston looks at the room and then leaves.