Winston and Julia are spoken to from a hidden telescreen in the rented room. Men in uniforms soon come to arrest them both. A series of events occurred which I found fascinating, affecting important symbols. First, the one place they thought was safe, the room above Mr. Charrington’s, ended up being the place where they were found out. The red-armed prole woman was again singing outside when the uniformed men arrived, then became silent and let out a yell of pain. This woman and her singing represented the life Winston had always wanted, and now she was silenced. One of the men picked up the glass paperweight Winston had purchased at the shop and smashed it. The paperweight was a symbol of the past and now it was ruined, shattered on the floor. Most surprising of all was that when all the men had come in Mr. Charrington followed. The man who provided him with the diary, paperweight, and the room was a member of the Thought Police.
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