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1984 | Part 1, Chapter 8 Summary and Analysis

New Character
Mr. Charrington: kindly old shopkeeper.

Summary
London is bombed as the war continues. Winston, who sees a human hand in an alley, has little reaction as he kicks it into the gutter.

On this long walk he meets an old man in a bar whom he asks about life before the Revolution. The old man has no recall of anything significant; as a result, Winston’s frustrations are intensified.

He wanders into the junk shop where he had bought the diary. There he buys a coral paperweight from the shopkeeper, Mr....



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