Transcript Book Two, Chapter 2 Response

1984, BOOK TWO, CHAPTERS 2 AND 3
BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 2
“Scores of times she had done it; he wished it had been hundreds – thousands. Anything that
hinted at corruption always filled him with a wild hope…
“The young, strong body, now helpless in sleep, awoke in him a pitying, protecting feeling…
But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because
everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a
victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act.” (125-126)
Why?
•Go ahead and open to
page 117 (Book Two,
Ch. 2)
…it’s good stuff today!