1984 Winston And Julia Character Analysis

Julia and Winston are two major characters in George Orwell’s 1984. Both characters are similar from the point of view that their attitude towards the state of Oceania, particularly the party headed by the Big Brother. Both characters in one way or the other tend to rebel against t eh totalitarian nature of the party.
However Winston and Julia tend to differ from each other in terms of their morality and their ethical views. They equally differ in their feelings about history and their political views. For the issue of morality, while Winston considers his illicit sexual relationship with Julia as a temporal act; Julia on her own appears to see such an immoral affair as something that should be permanent. This is because of her belief as she has been having such affair with so many party leaders.
Coming to ethical values Winston believes that there is a need to resist the stiffening of his
This political view of Winston in a way contradicts that of Julia who only abducts a small scale form of rebellion. Again Winston’s political agitation is expressed in the novel through his interest in the anti-party manifesto of the brotherhood presented to him by O’Brien. While he reads the manifesto to Julia seeking to catch her attention Julia appears to be nonchalant. This is because, as expressed by SparkNotes, “she is more concerned with enjoying sex and making practical plans to avoid getting caught by the party”. The disparity between Winston and Julia is further heightened by the feeling about Winston while Winston is concerned with the manner in which history has been distorted by the Oceania government Julia appears to be less concerned. Winston recalled the information presented by the ministry of truth which says that “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance Is Strength” (1984 by George Orwell pg 14). From this Winston did not hide his feelings and hatred from Big Brother and the party. Hence he wrote in his diary “down with big