An old encounter

When Winston visits the house where he bought the diary, the shop keeper takes him into a room that was outfitted in the decor of the pre revolution era. Winston describes the room as very cozy and woram and says it awkens a sense of nostalgia in him. He was beggining to remember what it was like before the revolution. This quote is important to Winston because he had found a place where he could not be monitered by the thought police, like a refuge from the modern days of the revolution that brought him back to life before the party. I think that this experience will help to further awaken Winston's rebellious ideas against the party. He now has proof of how life was before the party. The shopkeeper's room is symbolic of the old world, it is unmonitored by Big Brother and can provide Winston a refuge from being monitored.