2/24/09
"She did not understand that there was no such thing as happiness, that the only victory lay in the far future, long after you were dead, that from the moment of declaring war on the Party it was better to think of yourself as a corpse. 'We are the dead,' he said"(137).
This quote is significant because it exemplifies Winston's struggle with the Party. Although he is completely for the idea of the proles rebelling against the Party and he has fallen in love we see Winston's struggle to enjoy life. He seems to be trapped in this idea that all hope of the party perishing is false and that being happy is too overrated. Being an enemy of the Party he lacks the hope and state of mind that others like him may have.
Furtive: Secret and sly.
Hence: From this place/time.
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