Posted by Katherine on March 26, 2002 at 17:24:12:
In Reply to: Re: symbolism in 1984 posted by tlf on March 07, 2002 at 12:45:03:
I think the paperweight represents Big Brother or the government holding Winston down. The original use for a paperweight is to hold down paper. So you can compare that to Big Brother and the Party and their laws as an iron fist, suffocating Winston.