For our 10th grade English class, we are reading "1984" as a class assignment. we have not finished the book, but O'Brian's character seemed to pop out at me. Orwell had written a scene where Winston had made swift eye contact with O'Brian. This seemed significant in my opinion because, afterwards Winston had seemed very anxious to know know if O'Brian shared the same views on the government. I almost want to say that Winston was so scared of being cough, he held on to the smallest sliver of hope, the hope that maybe he was not alone. The problem is, Winston could not ask O'Brian, for obvious reasons. My question is, was there a deeper meaning behind this short scene of eye-contact? i would like to hear other people's opinions.