1984 Winston And Julia's Relationship Analysis

In addition, the lack of love and mutual interests between Winston and his companion Julia is presented in every dysfunctional relationship. Rather than love, Winston and Julia are connected for the purpose of using each other for their own benefits. Julia is a twenty-six years old Party member who works in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth. Also, she is part of the Anti-Sex League, which is somewhat ironic considering that she is sexually associating with Winston. In fact, Julia is merely using Winston for sex as a way to rebel against the Party. Given the fact that the Party discourages intimacy between individuals in order to prevent the formation of loyalties, Julia considers the act of having intercourse as a blow against the Party. She believes that the only way of …show more content…
Furthermore, Winston’s relationship with Julia is also fractured due to the lack of mutual interests. The only interest that they share is to rebel against the Party. However, Julia is not interested in overthrowing the Party and has no political goals. “She hated the Party and said so in the crudest words, but she made no general criticism of it. Except where it touched upon her own life she had no interest in Party doctrine” (138). Julia does not care about anything (including Winston) except for her own well being. In fact, she rebels just for the sake of herself rather than for the future generations. Also, Julia is content to live in the moment and focus the present, while Winston, on the other hand, has political interests to prove that the past is better than the present. Moreover, Winston attempts to prove that the Party is corrupt and overthrow the government for the future generations, which demonstrates that the interests of Winston and Julia are totally different. As a result, the lack of mutual interests contributes to their dysfunctional relationship, which is based on their own selfish purposes rather than