Winston's relationship withquestions and challenges their authoritative government
which has decided that their society will operate without romantic relationships (Part III,
Chapter 3):
We have cut the links between child and
parent, and between man and man, and between man and woman. No one dares trust a wife or a child
or a friend any longer. But in the future there will be no wives and no friends .... There will
be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big
Brother.
However, Winston finds an unexpected and deep
connection with Julia and defies the societal norms he's expected to follow. They both know that
it cannot last under the watchful eye of Big Brother:
Both
of them know--in a way, it was never out of their minds--that what was now happening could not
last long... But there were also times when they had the illusion not only of safety but of
permanence. (Part II, Chapter 5)
They find a
"sanctuary" from Big Brother when they...
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