The beginning of chapter 6 scared me! I thought he was going to be taken and be vaporized, but it was only O'Brien who started talking to him, then took out a leather book and gave him his address...which is so against the rules...right? So why doesn't he get vaporized for doing such a thing? Also, why does he do this right in front of the telescreens?
He dreamt about his early childhood and how he was a selfish little boy who ate all the food and starved his mom and sister. How could he see them starving and still take more than he should have and demand it from his mother? This may also resemble how he gets the "freedom" with Julia, whereas other people don't get that, and he continues to get even more and more.
He keeps thinking to himself and says to Julia, "The proles are human beings...We are not human." Which is true because the proles are still living their own lives whereas the Party members are living the Governments life. I also agree with Julia when she says the Party can't strip away their true feelings and they can't get inside you. He also says that with all their cleverness they have never mastered the secret of finding out what another human being was thinking, which is ironic because they are saying their thoughts and beliefs outloud, and are being listened to.
Winston and Julia went to O'Brien's house at the same time, but different routes....how do they know they won't get in trouble for going there at the same time....since O'Brien never invited Julia? O'Brien's walls are white and cream which is ironic because white and cream are pure and he is a member of the inner party which is not pure. O'Brien turned the TV off! How and why do they get that privilege? Then Winston just came out and said his truths, I would be so scared O'Brien would turn me in! Then they drank to their enemy Goldstein, which is very ironic because they are working for Big Brother even though they don't like his beliefs.
In this chapter things are happening so fast and it is crazy to think that all of this is happening. They were now in the Brotherhood. They call it being vaporized for a reason....vapor is a form of water which always comes back in a cycle....just as the new identities they may have to take on, like a new name, new hair, new voice, etc. What I'm getting from reading this, the people in the Brotherhood are at war with their society, on Goldstien's side, but pretending to be on Big Brothers....then get caught someday but never have to confess who is all in the Brotherhood since that is unknown...and then killed. Members of the Brotherhood have to work two jobs pretty much, one for Big Brother, and one for Goldstien.
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I was also nervous at the beginning, I thought Winston was toast! haha I like your analogy with the Brotherhood and vaporization. Since it is all about water, perhaps they believe that when you are vaporized you come back as a reborn person too, like a baptism. I agree that they sort of have found a way to know what they are thinking when they say their thoughts out loud, but I think Winston meant that they can never truly find out whether you believe in the party, or if what you are saying is what you are really thinking, things like that...
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