[Music] in book 1 chapter 8 of 1984 Winston wanders into the slums of London narrowly escaping a rocket bomb he sees it a severed hand on the street and kicks it into the gutter as he strolls past a pub he sees a very old man Winston decides this man might remember life before the Revolution and he follows him into the pub buying him a beer and asks him to compare his life as a boy to life now the man is eager to talk but he can't stay on track Winston leaves the pub and finds himself at the junk shop where he'd purchased his diary it seems like a spooky place and as late as it is the shop is still open so he goes in Winston buys a glass paperweight with coral inside it the proprietor mr. Charrington's invites Winston to see more antiques in an upstairs room they climbed the stairs and the room conjures vague memories for Winston on the wall as a picture of an old church st. Clements and mr. Charrington recites a rhyme and near the end of it there's the ominous line here comes a chopper to chop off your head there is no telescreen in this room Winston realizes he could be alone and secure here he considers risking renting it for a few dollars a month as he leaves he sees the dark-haired girl from the Ministry of Truth she's spying on him Winston considers the fact that they always come for you at night he recalls O'Brien's words we shall meet in the place where there is no darkness in this chapter Winston is torn between who the party wants him to be and who he is becoming taking the severed hand shows his lack of empathy that party policies of influenced and the realities of brutality in London Winston is not yet as human as he aspire to be what he thinks about what O'Brien tells him he insists on seeing it as a sign of hope something is propelling Winston forward maybe it's his inability to fit in or to accept the prevailing Society maybe it's his improbable wish to change it it may lead to Winston's demise the narrator introduces the word own life here now individualism and eccentricity are dangerous for a party member and Winston is a party member albeit one and the outer reaches of the party the proles may be destitute but at least they're free from constant surveillance Winston coming back to the same shop where he bought his diary and buying the paperweight is significant it shows characteristics that purchasing things and making decisions are dangerous now he's considering renting the room upstairs Orwell takes time to describe mr. Charrington the owner of the junk shop he doesn't give readers the name of the old man in the pub but there's something different about him he's not the usual troll the narrator describes him as having a vague air of intellectuality and an accent less based on that of the majority of proles perhaps mr. Charrington's memories of the past have not yet been weakened he may find an ally in mr. Charrington you