1984 Blog 5

Julia and Winston are similar because they obviously share a dislike, or if I may boldly add, a hate for the Party and Big Brother. They both have rebelled against the Party, and don’t feel any shame for doing so. They both believe that their relationship is a political act against the party because it’s their own way of rebelling. Julia and Winston both agree that the Party is trying to suppress its citizens by controlling their sexual appetite. Since the sexual drive is one of the strongest instincts of the human race, Julia points out that people can go crazy without having it. Once the Party controls the sex, they control the individual. Also sex uses up energy, but the Party wants everyone to have lots of energy in order to participate in communal activities, or anything that supports the party like parades or Two Minute Hate Speeches. Julia and Winston don’t agree on the idea that they are able to lead the double lives they are without consequences in the future. Winston believes that though he believes in rebelling against the party, he is already a dead man walking because in time the Party will figure out their plan and kill or imprison them. He is only enjoying it while it lasts. He is afraid of death. Julia doesn’t think the same way because she believes that they can lead both lives. In public they can act like everyone else, but in private they can rebel all they want. She has been rebelling against the Party for some time now and she doesn’t think that she will get caught. She might have a small thought in the back of her head about getting caught, but she is too focused on the present and embracing being alive that she pushes it out of her head.