The start of the novel Winston Smith goes to part of a city where the “Proles” live. While he’s among the Proles Winston goes to an antique store in the prole district and comes along to find a beautiful old looking paperweight. The store owner Mr. Charrington describes it as “a beautiful little thing” (84). The paperweight is meant to symbolize many of events and things that happen to Winston such as Winston's hopes and dreams and his future with him and Julia. He wants things to be normal with the Party again, and when the paper weight shatters it symbolizes the end of his relationship with Julia. In the beginning of the novel the paperweight symbolizes Julia’s and Winston’s relationship. The Party soon finds out about what Julia and Winston
