On page 100 we learn about a room in the building where Winston bought the diary and the coral paper weight. The double bed (which are rare) in the room is fulll of bugs... but surpringsly there are no telescreens.
Winston ends up renting the room for a few dollers. Why? So that he and Juli don't have to plan ssecret meetings everytime they want to see each other, and so that they have a place to make love. The room is a place where Winston and Julia can love each other whithout being observed. It symbolizes privacy and freedom. It is one of the only places in their world, and the least complicated one too, where they can truly be themselves.There, they can bring food, real food, like chocolate and tea and coffe and bread. It is a place where Julia can be a real woman, not a work comrade. There she can put make up, and wear high heels and girl underwear. It is a place where Winston is not shamed of his body (somehow?). This new freedom also improved Winston's health. He did grow ftter, but he also stopped drinking gin, his ankle pain was not as bad, and his coughing fits had stopped.
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