Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Casually Completing Classics: 1984 Part 10 (2.6)

 The missing one is on the other blog. Oopsies.

I have a student who is obsessed with Winston's obsession with O'Brien. She's convinced that Winston is a closest gay man (and possibly trans). She will love this chapter:


It had happened at last. The expected message had come. All his life, it seemed to him, he had been waiting for this to happen. [...]  he became aware that someone larger than himself [...] It was O'Brien. [...] At last they were face to face, and it seemed that his only impulse was to run away. His heart bounded violently. [...] Again Winston's heart stirred painfully. [...]  pick it up at my flat [...]  "If you ever want to see me, this is where I can be found," was what O'Brien had been saying to him. [...] He knew that sooner or later he would obey O'Brien's summons. [...] Ministry of Love. [...]  a foretaste of death

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Casually Completing Classics: 1984 Part 10 (2.6)

 The missing one is on the other blog. Oopsies. I have a student who is obsessed with Winston's obsession with O'Brien. She's co...