The Traits of Winston and Julia from Orwell’s 1984 Throughout one’s life, there are people whose similar and contrasting personalities help one to learn more about themselves. In George Orwell’s 1984, Orwell demonstrates a character foil between the protagonist Winston and his love-interest Julia. Although Winston and Julia’s views on life, and the Party are different, they are similar in their hopes to rebel against the Party, leading to their overall downfall and doomed relationship. Throughout 1984, Orwell contrasts Winston and Julia’s views on life. Winston is concerned with the future of Oceania. He analyzes all hope for the future and finds that it lies in the Proles. He begins to see beauty in everything …show more content…
Winston rebels by keeping a secret diary in which he writes messages against the Party and his hopes for the future. He eventually devotes his life to the Brotherhood and commits thoughtcrimes against the Party. This is shown when Winston writes, “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER”. His thoughtcrime focuses on the downfall of the Party and the end of totalitarianism. One sees that both characters aim to rebel against the Party, while Julia rebels on a personal level, only doing so from the waist down and Winston commits his crimes by hoping to make an impact on the Party and change for the future. In conclusion, Winston and Julia’s relationship is formed through their similar need to rebel against the Party, while their different views on the Party and life strengthens the particular character Orwell portrays them to be. Although both characters chose to rebel, they each do it in a different way. Winston finds beauty and appreciation in freedom , while Julia is blinded by her own needs. As well Julia lives in the moment while Winston is constantly remembering his past. The personality traits of a person can depict their future, including their achievements and downfalls. Work Cited Orwell, George. 1984. London: Penguin Books, 1990.
In order to escape and be free from the mechanism of control established in Nineteen Eighty-four and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, two character are presented. In Nineteen Eighty-four, a women named Julia aids Winston to rebel against Big Brother by having intercourse with party members and love affair with Winston. she elaboratly plans to have intercourse with many party members to satisfy her desires and in so doing this, she creates a group of rebellions among the party member. As for Winston, he courageously commits his first act of rebellion after purchasing and writing on the diarty in attempt to protest against Big Brother and to communicate his thought with future generations. Julia takes Winston to the Golden Country were they commit
Accordingly so, Winston’s relationship with Julia is about much more than merely rebellion against the party or even sex it is about trust, love, connection, security, loyalty and the face of mankind. It also is primarily concerned Winston’s honest attempt to achieve self
Through the beginning sections of the novel, the severity of the consequences from Julia and Winston’s affair become quite prominent after the realization that they are taking part in one of the ultimate acts of defiance to Big Brother. Because Julia and Winston are risking a lot to be with one another, the secrecy of their relationship is a key factor in the suspense that builds towards the climax of the story. The suspense greatly affects the plot of the story by
The theme of rebellion is communicated through Winston’s character. One way Winston’s character shows rebellion is with his actions against the Inner Party. In the beginning of the book, Winston is at home with a diary he purchased. The author describes how Winston utilizes the diary by saying, “His pen had slid voluptuously over the smooth paper, printing in large neat capitals ‘DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER’... over and over again” (16). Winston is actively thinking and writing negative thoughts about the Inner Party and their leader, Big Brother. Negative thoughts about the regime are not tolerated by the Party. Therefore, Winston is breaking the unwritten rules, which is punishable by death. The act of writing “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” displays how Winston wants to go against the Party’s rules and rebel. Furthermore, owning a diary does not fit in the Party’s views of what their citizens should have possession of. Winston
When George Orwell wrote his novel, 1984, Hitler and Mussolini had recently been defeated in World War II, the nuclear arms race was warming up and the Soviet Union was a threat to the world. Although these are not problems in today's society, 1984 is still very relevant in current time, "The twentieth century will soon be over, but political terror still survives and this is why Nineteen Eighty-four remains valid today” (Ricks 5). In the novel 1984 the main character Winston is faced with challenges when he meets a woman named Julia. Julia makes him question his loyalty to the government. They are living under a totalitarian government that sees everything you do, hears everything you say, and knows everything you think. George Orwell’s novel 1984 is still relevant in today’s society.
Winston a grey and rough skinned, emaciated, fearful, thirty nine year old man with a varicose ulcer on his leg, who hated a woman named Julia. Winston described her as not handsome, attractive, natural looks, and he liked her hips. Winston has many thoughts about mortally wounding her. (Winston) Julia a twenty six year old woman, known as a rebel from the waist down and she’s a product of the Party. Julia wanted to experience love with someone, in this case Winston. Why did Julia like Winston? One reason Julia liked Winston happened to occur because he wanted to revolt against the party. (How) Winston’s rebellion takes place on a more "intellectual" level than does Julia 's. (How is) Winston hated
Differences, although they are what separate people, are also what allows them to come together. 1984 by George Orwell was full of contrasts and dissimilarities. The main characters, Winston and Julia, were no exception. Although they had certain similarities, it was their differences, such as reasons for rebelling, feelings toward the Party, and attitude towards relationships that enabled them to join forces and attempt to conquer the manipulative Party.
In the novel 1984, by George Orwell, the two main characters, Julia and Winston provide a thrilling tale for the readers. Through character analysis, the two of them may seem very similar yet in many more ways they are different. Julia and Winston find joy in breaking the laws together but for different reasons. Julia appears to be consumed with a desire to do wrong to stand up to the party by sleeping around whereas Winston rebels through a political sense as he wants to test the limits of the party. Julia and Winston are most alike in their rebellion against the party and they are alike in their personalities, yet they contrast in their main goal.
Orwell is characterized through the eyes of Winston when he realises her as ‘beautiful’. It shows his distaste for the Promiscuousness of Julia and strengthens the misogynistic scrutiny of the female sex.
As Winston is captured by the government, he is told that there are three stages of his “reintegration”; learning, understanding, and acceptance. Winston refuses to betray his lover Julia until the last stage as he yells to his tormentors, “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia. Not me!” (300). , Orwell) Spewing such harsh and petrifying phrases about his past lover, showcases that Winston under the torment and oppression of the Party has capitulated and accepted Big Brother while breaking the final bonds of his romantic relationship with Julia. Instilling oppression on romantic love ensures that the citizens of Oceania love Big Brother and the government with their full capacity; confirming that the individual will never favour their loved one over the government. Once a courageous individual rebelling against the government, using his relationship with Julia as a weapon, now merrily a shadow of his former past, broken down by the oppression instilled by the government. By betraying his lover, Julia, Winston demonstratesions that the government has won. Contradictory to his initial feeling towards Big Brother, Winston’s love is now dedicated towards the government. In the aftermath of his “reintegration”, “[Winston] loved Big Brother,” (311) , Orwell) leaving no additional room in his damaged heart for Julia. However, Winston is not the only character who suffers with the decision of betraying their loved
The characterization in this novel creates the reality of such an absurd world. Orwell characterizes two main characters, Winston and Julia, in ways that make them completely believable.
“1984” by George Orwell is a utopian and dystopian novel, this novel is enticing and while very gloomy proves to be an extraordinary book with an old futuristic feel to it. In the very beginning of the novel, we are introduced to a character named Winston, who has a very strong opinion against the Party and he immediately has thoughts and actions going against the organization which controls the world that he lives in. He first keeps a record of his thoughts in a diary and then joining what he thought was the “Brotherhood” which tries to sabotage the Party with the hope of making it fail, falls in love with a girl named Julia and strives to live a life that is not controlled by the Party. Major events of this story were that Winston wrote
Julia and Winston differ in many ways throughout the book 1984. Julia is a much younger women and knows exactly what she wants. Winston is much older middle aged and unattractive in appearance man. They both have different views against the party. Winston wants Oceania to change how its society is ran and hates what its government is changing it to be now. Also Winston wants to change Oceania to be normal and let the natives of the society have an opinion but instead they are changing everything for example changing words into newspeak which makes the words smaller but is also making the society less intelligent. . On the other hand Julia’s views are much different. She wants to value her
1984, by George Orwell, explores the balance of happiness and freedom in human society through the use of Julia, Winston, and the Party. Julia's belief that the government tries to prevent pleasure by restricting freedom differentiates her passion for pleasure from Winston’s craving for freedom. Though Winston himself values freedom over happiness, he lives under the assumption that the Party would claim to govern with the intent to protect the people from reality by placing more value in happiness. Conversely, he does not believe the Party does this in practice sighting all the misery as evidence, but that they would justify
Usually heroes are strong, but some readers are more used to female heroes, where in it could be argued that Julia is actually the main hero, in Orwell’s eyes, as she is brave, headstrong and until she met Winston, she was getting by quite well. Usually, in novels, the stronger character is the hero, the weaker one is sometimes the love interest but foolish Winston is weak and hopeless and is not the hero, more like the one who needs saving. Julia could effectively be the hero, as arguably, she is the one who saved Winston. She is not a fool like Winston, but she trusts him and that is her mistake. Winston Smith: It's not so much staying alive, it's staying human that's important. What counts is that we don't betray each other. J: “If you mean confessing, we're bound to do that. Everybody does. You can't help it.” W: “I don't mean confessing. Confessing isn't betrayal. I mean feelings. If they can make me change my feelings. If they can stop me from loving you, that would be real betrayal.” J: “They can't do that. It's the one thing they can't do. They can torture you, make you say anything. But they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you. They can't get to your heart. “ It is clear that Julia, unlike Winston actually understands the plight of Big