1984 Part 3 Chapter 2

3/10/09

"The old feeling, that at bottom it did not matter whether O'Brien was a friend or an enemy, had come back. O'Brien was a person who could be talked to... O'Brien had tortured him to the edge of lunacy, and in a little while, it was certain, he would send him to his death. It made no difference"(252).

I think this quote is significant because here we see what one of Winston's main goals might have been: to profess his true feelings about the party, whether it be to the party (O'Brien) or to someone else like Julia. I think that now that he has done that and realizes that he is threatened with death, he believes that whichever way the road takes him is neither right or wrong, that he has shared with someone else that he is unique and that unlike many, the party is his sole enemy.

Delude: to be false to and or dishonest with.

Rotund: spherical in shape.