At the very start of the novel Julia catches Winston’s eye, he is delighted with her appearance, but is very questionable when it comes down to whom she actually is. Winston ruminates on the thought that she is spying on him due to the fact that he keeps seeing her around Oceania. One of the many encounters is when Winston is on his way to the lavatory; he sees Julia fall down and reaches her free hand to Winston to help her. While helping her up she slips a small piece of paper into his hand that read, “I love you” (Orwell 108). Not only did Julia admit her love for Winston, but Winston does as well. He yells, “Julia! Julia! Julia, my love! Julia!” (Orwell 280). While they both have said I love you, when Winston arrives at the Ministry of Love Julia is not a priority anymore. During Winston’s torture session, he screeches out, “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!” (Orwell 286). Winston screeches to O’Brien to put the pain on Julia, not him. Winston and Julia do not love each other, rebelling against the party is what they desire most, not one another. Love between Julia and Winston does not exist in reality they enjoy using each other to go against the
At the very start of the novel Julia catches Winston’s eye, he is delighted with her appearance, but is very questionable when it comes down to whom she actually is. Winston ruminates on the thought that she is spying on him due to the fact that he keeps seeing her around Oceania. One of the many encounters is when Winston is on his way to the lavatory; he sees Julia fall down and reaches her free hand to Winston to help her. While helping her up she slips a small piece of paper into his hand that read, “I love you” (Orwell 108). Not only did Julia admit her love for Winston, but Winston does as well. He yells, “Julia! Julia! Julia, my love! Julia!” (Orwell 280). While they both have said I love you, when Winston arrives at the Ministry of Love Julia is not a priority anymore. During Winston’s torture session, he screeches out, “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!” (Orwell 286). Winston screeches to O’Brien to put the pain on Julia, not him. Winston and Julia do not love each other, rebelling against the party is what they desire most, not one another. Love between Julia and Winston does not exist in reality they enjoy using each other to go against the