1984 Part 2 Chapter 1

Winston Smith a 39 year old man has finally found a reason to live in the cruel world he is in. The women he referred to as the black haired girl has been constantly appearing every where he was at. Finally when he sees her once more she falls down on the ground, he of course assists her to get back on her feet. Within that moment she gave him a little note and it had said “I love you.” Winston Smith has then found a reason to live in the world he lives in. “At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid. It was not till twenty-three hours, when he was home and in bed-in the darkness, where you were safe even from the telescreen so long as you kept silent-that he was able to think continuously.” Well this passage is basically saying that he has finally felt like he had a reason to live since he lived in a world where there is poverty everywhere and a dictator (Big Brother). The reason why he lived in a cruel world was because everyone had a lack of privacy. You were always being watched, mostly everyone lived a miserable life. He lived in a world where no one had emotions, knowing that someone had feelings for him over whelmed him.