Essay On 1984 Winston And Julia's Relationship

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George Orwell, the author of the book 1984, makes the confusing relationship between Winston and Julia very important. The Party does not only work to enforce language and history, but love too. The Party works to demolish all physical sensations of love, and bans sex to the point where it is referred to as a "duty to the Party". At the time, the Party has demanded that all love and loyalty be only towards for Big Brother and the Party. The great and fulfilling bonds between the parents and children are broken, due to this ‘law’. Even beyond that, children are most commonly to be reporting their parents to the Thought Police. The Party believes that there is no such room for love unless that love is directed with to Big Brother and the …show more content…

He was torn to to believe to trust Julia or not. Orwell had made to believe that Julia was part of the Thought Police, this resulted in Winston second-guessing who Julia really is. After Winston receives a message from Julia ; “I love You.”, they start their affair but carefully watching for the Party and their surveillance.During the 2 Minutes of Hatred, of course Winstons reaction to Julia was hatred. Julia is much free to yell during this 2 Minutes of Hate, which indeed Winston finds attractive. Little more towards the book, Winston is terrified, when Julia starts following him. Signs of stalking, influences the reader that Julia has more devotion for Winston and would do anything to approach love. Little more after this terrifying event for Winston, they both hold hands, and Winston soon catches feelings for Julia. Above the Antique Shop, they carry on with their life a deceptive family:they are playing in a role of rebellion. Burst of feelings rage for the both of them when they lay in bed together and Winston is happy as can be. As Winston and Julia were living their rebellious ‘relationship’, they get caught by the Thought Police. They are both scared for life and are both thinking to themselves , how are they going to say goodbye, and what is going to happen to them from here on …show more content…

They indicated by the government that love is wrong and is thought of as a crime, but nothing stopped them, not even the possible consequences.The fact that Julia and Winston exercise their abilities of individual thought disobeying Big Brother's authorities was the ultimate act of rebellion. Orwell is trying to tell us that their relationship wasn’t true love but an act of rebellion. Winstons way of ‘loving’ Julia was the idea of being able to rebel. For the longest time, he still has not betrayed Julia, so he can think of himself as a ‘good’ person. Yet, later in the book, he did betray Julia by telling O’Brien to hurt Julia instead of him after they were caught by the Thought Police. If you were to love someone so much, you would not do that to them,

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