Thought Police trap

[freckles19]

I was wondering if there was a specific event that caused the Thought Police to start watching Wilson. Also, was Julia a part of the plan to capture Wilson?

[The Atheist]

I was wondering if there was a specific event that caused the Thought Police to start watching Wilson. Also, was Julia a part of the plan to capture Wilson?

Winston.

;)

We don't know whether one specific event started the surveillance, and it's quite unlikely, because the Thought Police would have had Winston tagged before he actually took any action. They've been watching him for several years at least.

Julia is no part of the plan.

[Gladys]

They've been watching him for several years at least.

At least seven!


Suddenly he began thinking of O'Brien again.

Years ago - how long was it? Seven years it must be - he had dreamed that he was walking through a pitch−dark room. And someone sitting to one side of him had said as he passed: 'We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.' It was said very quietly, almost casually - a statement, not a command. He had walked on without pausing. What was curious was that at the time, in the dream, the words had not made much impression on him. It was only later and by degrees that they had seemed to take on significance. He could not now remember whether it was before or after having the dream that he had seen O'Brien for the first time, nor could he remember when he had first identified the voice as O'Brien's. But at any rate the identification existed. It was O'Brien who had spoken to him out of the dark.


As for Julia, she kindly communicated her own vulnerability and gave occasion for Winston to reveal his.