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"'You're only a rebel from the waist downwards,' he told her."

"'I hated the sight of you,' he said. 'I wanted to rape you and then murder you afterwards- Two weeks ago I thought seriously of smashing your head in with a cobblestone. If you really want to know, I imagined that you had something to do with the Thought Police.'"

This is the part where terrorism is glorified. Awesome.

Winston is awfully trusting. Not at all as paranoid as I'd expect someone living in such a society to be.

I've not read the English original this far yet, but in the translation he's describing the violence he would have liked to do to her including rape her.

How in the world is this considered good literature?

Newsflash: Important is not the same as good.

Who talks like this?

No, Winston. the old man isn't missing the essential. You are.

He's crushing on O'Brien quite hard.

So he hates women. This we knew.

Misogyny for the win.

There's awfully many mentions of Jewishness.