Paperweight

Paperweight

1. Symbol

   • represents the past
   • Represents the fragility of human relationships, particularly the bond between Julia and Winston, which is destroyed by O'Brien as easily and remorselessly as the paperweight is smashed by the Though Police.
   • Represents the room in Mr Charringtons house that becomes a private sanctuary for the lovers, imagines by Winston as a separate world, frozen in time.
   • Safety and shelter, a representation that will later be shattered with the events that tear Winston and Julia apart and force them to yield to the power of the party