Julia from 1984

In our recent reading we have discovered that Julia is not an enemy but rather a love interest for Winston in a seemingly loveless society. Julia slipped a note to Winston saying that she loves him and since then they have met up multiple times. However so far it seems as if Julia is only interested in Winston for sexual purposes. Also, Winston had hoped that she may be a partner for him to talk about revolt against Big Brother and the Party. However Julia does not seem interested in a large scale revolt but rather isolating small problems within the society to show that it is not inevitable. It seems as if finding ways to outsmart the Party is Julia's only goal and sex is one way for her to do so.

It seems as if she takes pride in her previous sexual encounters with men of the party and also takes pride in the control seems to have obtained over Winston so quickly. Winston on the other hand seems to want to have a real relationship with Julia he even imagines living inside of the paperweight with her, because the paperweight is a link to the past. He also reveals his fantasies that Katherine will die so that he could marry Julia. Winston then shares his concern about the brotherhood and other aspects of the Party with Julia yet she seems to not be concerned which upsets Winston because it ruins his hopes for having her as a partner in rebellion.

Although in our previous reading we were led to believe that Julia would be an ally to Winston at this point it seems as though she is using Winston. She does not seem to actually love Winston even admitting that she does this often many different men. Her actions with Winston are Julia's own individual way of rebelling against the Party. It does not seem as though she will be an ally for Winston in his possible future rebellion against the Party. Winston has a bigger goal in mind than Julia does and therefore their characters are more different than it may have seemed at first.