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1984 | Part 2, Chapter 6 Summary and Analysis

Summary
O’Brien approaches Winston at work to talk to him about one of his recent articles on Newspeak. O’Brien refers to a friend whose name happens to have slipped his mind who has a high opinion of Winston’s work.

Winston thinks briefly of Syme, but Syme has been abolished, has become an “unperson.” Still, Winston believes this remark was intended as a sort of signal. In sharing this small act of thought-crime, Winston and O’Brien become accomplices.

As they continue down the hall, O’Brien remarks that Winston has used two words...


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