andmeet at
the Ministry of Truth or Minitrue, where they both work. They keep eyeing each other obliquely.
Winston doesn't know her name, but calls her the "dark-haired girl." He thinks she is
spying on him, because he has noticed her glancing at him. He especially believes this after he
sees her on the street near Mr. Charrington's shop.
They make contact when,
outside a lavatory at work, Julia pretends to fall down. Winston helps her up and she slips a
note saying "I love you" into his hand, all right in front of a viewscreen.
They meet in a wooded area outside the city. It is not until this point that Winston
learns her name is Julia. He tells her his prior feelings:
'I hated the sight of you,' he said. 'I wanted to rape you and then murder you
afterwards. Two weeks ago I thought seriously of smashing your head in with a cobblestone. If
you really want to know, I imagined that you had something to do with the Thought
Police.'
Julia is delighted that her "front" of
a good Party member is working so well (she thinks), but the passage is important. At this
point, Winston is still more or less dehumanized and sexually frustrated, filled with fearful
and aggressive feelings--in other words, just the way the Party wants him to be. Now that he has
met up with Julia, that will change.
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