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1984 | Part 1, Chapters 6 and 7 Summary and Analysis

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Katharine: Winston’s wife, loyal Party member who disappeared years ago

Summary
At home, Winston continues the illicit diary. His next entry begins with a vivid account of an encounter with a prostitute many years before. Writing this account, an exercise in frustration, makes him want to bang his head against the wall.

It occurs to Winston that one’s worst enemy is his own nervous system. He thinks of a passerby on the street who was having muscle spasms; most frightening was the fact that they were...



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