During his short-lived love affair with Julia, Winston "had grown fatter, his varicose ulcer had subsided, leaving only a brown stain on the skin above his ankle, [and] his fits of coughing in the early morning had stopped." (189). Because he was physically well, Winston began to think for himself, and therefore his desire to overpower the Party was at its peak. Orwell uses this correlation to express that a person possesses a sound mind in a sound body. Therefore, when a person is physically well, as Winston is, they have better judgment and the capability to think independent thought. Throughout the length of the novel, Orwell uses the harmful changes to Winston's body, including his weight and his ulcer, to highlight the changes in his
