Black Domination was chased by White Domination. Black Domination lost its shoes and collected a few bruises. Black Domination will run barefoot to the quarry tomorrow. Conditions locally remain unchanged – thunderstorms with the possibility of cold showers and rain. Elsewhere, fine and warm.”
-- John  (Scene One)

Importance: In this quote, John uses humor - i.e. the voice and language of a weather forecaster - to try and draw Winston out of the anger he feels towards their jailer, and the situation in which he and John find themselves. When he refers to Black Domination, John is referring to the power of the indigenous Black citizens of Africa, and when he refers to White Domination, John is referring to the power of the colonizing white Europeans who have taken control of the region. The references to thunderstorms metaphorically evoke the conflict between the two sides of the racial divide, while the comment about "fine...