This
question depends a lot on how you decide to interpret the characters ofandand what you believe
their motivations to be. When Julia writes that she loves Winston, does she really mean love the
way many of us might think of it in our comparatively free, democratic society? Is her note just
a line that lures Winston in to start the liaison she craves as part of an act of defiance? Or
does she suspect he doesn't entirely believe the party-line, and so finds herself drawn to him
because she thinks he might be one of her few allies among the brainwashed massesone of the few
people she could truly love?
Of their lovemaking,writes: "Their embrace
had been a battle, thea victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political
act." In short, it seems that Winston and Julia risk everything in part for love, and in
part for rebellion; their meetings bring them together and help them express how they truly
feel, both about each other and about the totalitarian regime that controls Oceania. It also
serves to reinforce their hope in the face of insurmountable obstacles (a common theme in
Orwell's work) as they plan to join the Brotherhood, the secret underground resistance
network.
Unfortunately, their fears about getting caught turn out to be
well-justified. The shopkeeper, Mr. Charrington, is a member of the Thought Police and betrays
them, after which they betray each other during torture.
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