"Winston looked around the shabby little room above Mr. Charrington's shop. Bedside the window the enormous bed was made up, with ragged blankets and a coverless bolster. The old-fashioned clock with the twelve-hour face was ticking away on the mantelpiece. In the corner, on the gate leg table, the glass paper with which he had bought on his last visit gleamed softly out of the half-darkness." 1984: Page 113-114
"The shabby little room above Mr. Charringon's shop" is disturbing but also beautiful at the same time. It is beautiful in the sense that it is a place of freedom in the midst of terror and inequality. This small room is a place that you can freely think and read without going to jail. It is a place to gleam softly out of the darkness.On the other hand, this room depresses me because it show me how pitiful 1984's dystopian world is. The only way to freely think or read is be in places like this dirty room.
This setting encourages me to hope even in places or situations like 1984's dystopian world. It encourages me to shine in the darkness because there are always others who are also shining.
The room also encourages not to let the world to be turned into a dark place. It makes me want to make good decisions so that the world would not be a horrible place to live in.
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I agree with your opinion and I like how you said that "the room also encourages not to let the world to be turned into a dark place." That room is one of the limited places where Winston and Julia enjoy freedom of thoughts and actions, even though being in it can result in a dangerous outcome in their lives. It is very sad that the world restricts its people's private lives, even their inner thoughts and motives. Nice job!
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