Part 2, Chapter 5 Summary

Syme had finally been vaporized. Winston knew it would be coming for him eventually and now it had happened. He glanced at a list of the Chess Committee and found that Syme's name had disappeared altogether. This was the usual way when the Thought Police got you; all necessary changes in all records are made to make sure you had never even existed.

Winston and Julia continued to meet at Charrington's shop. Every moment they had together, they knew it wouldn't be much longer before the end. They had to be found out. Meeting in the same place so often meant sure death. They often lay naked discussing the possibility of the existence of Goldstein's' underground army, The Brotherhood. Winston is shocked to find out that Julia believed that Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. In reality, just four...