Ben was prompted to recap the last chapter and was able to remember important details such as Oceania is no longer at war with East Asia, but it is with Eurasia, which leads Winston and his coworkers to having work 96 hours in the following weeks to undo history. Ben recalled that the chapter also describes the horrible living conditions in Oceania, with many of the resources needed for survival being poor condition. We noted that the chapter grows very technical in its description of the rival powers.