..More 1984

Winston has trouble remembering the past. He cannot seem to know for sure which events really happened or even the year that they happened in. Big Brother controls history as it appears. It erases whatever events in time it wants from the mind of others, or just more simply blurs them. Has Oceania always been at war with Eurasia or not? There are no photographs or documents any longer that one can read about the real past. This is another reason why Winston feels like his memories are continuously fading into the darkness. He even has trouble remembering his own childhood events, like the one evening long ago where they hid underground with other families in London because there was going to be a possible atomic bomb attack. He barely remembers his mother, and if his baby sister had even been born by then or not.

His dreams are very interesting. I believe they might be foreshadowing major events to come in the book. He dreams about the dark-haired lady. He seems to really like her but extremely distrust this woman at the same time, even though he doesn't even know her! I bet they will be speaking soon. He also dreams about the man, O'brien. In the dream he promises to meet Winston,

"in the place where there is no darkness".

which will be something to examine later. It's mysterious and will probably start to mean more throughout the novel.

Topics for research that come to mind while reading 1984 are mostly about the governments. Whether it be security, how much power they have, or maybe government surveillance. In this book, the people have a huge lack of personal rights, from which I could research different countries governments and the restrictions that they have put over their people. I'm not quite decided on a research topic yet.