Blog 2- Antiques

The antique shop in this chapter has huge allegorical meaning behind it. For one, the entire meaning behind having an antique shop is bewildering. The thought of having a shop full of memories and items from the past is going 100% against Big Brother. Big Brother is trying to abolish everything that cannot be controlled. By having an antique means that you have something from the past, a world that doesn’t even exist according to Big Brother. When people purchase an item from the black market or from the store it shows that they would like to, in the utmost sense, rebel against big brother. Big Brother controls everything and by preserving something that the government says doesn’t exist is a serious matter. When Winston goes into the store he doesn’t know what he might buy. So after a while he decides to buy a paperweight. A PAPERWEIGHT. He paid more than enough for it as well. The paperweight, to Winston, means that he is trying to keep something from the past, the past that once existed. He is trying to recover his memories of it. Is he even going to use it as a paperweight? Probably not. He just wants it as a memory and as something that can keep him grounded to what society used to be. Another thing Winston sees in the room and has interest in would be a portrait of Saint Clement’s Church. Why is that such a noted deal? What will come from it? “The oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clement's” is the poem that is affiliated with the portrait. Why? What is this foreshadowing? Morgan, my classmate, said something was behind it. A safe? Too obvious. I think it is a form of communication with Big Brother. Something is strange with that entire room upstairs. There has to be some sort of a watch from Big Brother.