Sunday, 2 October 2011

What does the prostitute's old age say about Winston and his mother?

's real
mother who he has dreams of throughout the book makes Winston feel like she died or was erased
because of him. Her life paid for the opportunity for his to remain. That sacrifice (although it
is believed her death was symbolic of the great Stalinistic purges) fills him with guilt and
affection for her even though his memory of her grows...

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