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After Winston and Julia discover they both have an interest in each other, their first meeting is outdoors in a place that Winston had dreamed about several times, which he called the Golden Country, represented by the picture of the field. Everything that Winston dreamed about involving Julia in his dreams happened in reality in their first meeting here. This picture is very close to what I imagined the Golden Country to look like. The picture of New York after an apocalyptic event, such as a nuclear attack, closely depicts the kind of environment the citizens of Oceana, Eurasia, and Eastasia lived in. In the novel 1984, the apartments the citizens, with the exception of the Inner Party, live in are run down, dirty, and uncomfortable, like the buildings in this picture. The type of houses and apartments that the citizens live in are a representation of the type of life they have. They are still houses and are still lives, but they are just a shell of what the real thing is. The poem, "To Harriet", describes the way Winston felt about Julia before he was sentenced to Room 101, especially in that the speaker says his lover revives his soul and is the only thing in the world that he loves. The speaker also states that he will always love his companion, as Winston does to Julia. The poem can be compared to the way that Julia was Winston's only reason for wanting to live, not drinking as much, and following the little rules in order to break the big ones. The picture of the pyramid building is a of a modern representation of what a pyramid-like building would look like, like the four "ministries" in Winston's city. The Ministry of Love, Ministry of Truth, Ministry of Peace, and Ministry of Plenty all tower over the rest of the area, as this building does. All four of the ministries are the places where the Party maintains their totalitarian rule over Oceana, so it is natural that they should be the mose prominent structures in Winston's city. The picture of the Venezuelan protest is probably similar to the way the streets looked during Hate Week. The people are all angry and united in one belief. In the picture, the street is completely filled with people raising fists and shouting and there are banners everywhere, just like during the "riots" in Hate Week. It is scary to look at this picture, just like Hate Week was a very scary time. The picture of rat in a cage is similar to the rats Winston faced in Room 101. The only difference is this rat is not the large, black rats that O'Brien terrified him with. Rats were a prominent theme in 1984, serving as a symbol of the "filthiness" of the Party. The rats invaded Winston and Julia's sancuary in the room above Mr. Charrington's store and were the factor that made Winston finally surrender to Big Brother. The picture of a girl's eye in a lockhole is a representation of how in Winston's society, everyone is being watched at all times through two-way "telescreens". There are very few parts of Oceana not monitored at all times through these telescreens or at least in range of a microphone. No citizen can do anything against Party rules or "unspoken" rules without eventually being caught by the Thought Police. Many of the propaganda posters in Winston's town are pictures of a man's face looking down on you: "Big Brother is watching you". This picture is a symbol of the watching and invasion of privacy of all the people in Oceana. Works Cited Batguys. Norway Rat from a 4th Floor Attic. May 7, 2009. . Herzog & de Meuron. New Paris Skyscraper. 2008. May 6, 2009. . Motoda Hisaharu. Ginza Chuo Dori. 2005. May 4th,2009. . Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "To Harriet". Dowden. 1812. SondraK. Today's Protests from Around the World. November 30. May 6, 2009. . Suzanne. Country Roads II. July 15, 2008. May 5, 2009. . The Darker Side of Spyware. July 2, 2007. May 7, 2009. .
