Impressions of Julia

At the plot continues, I believe that Julia is using Winston to merely fulfill her sexual desires, rather than truly loving Winston. Whereas Winston sees her numerous affairs as attractive, I think they show Julia’s flirtatious nature. Julia also blows Winston off on occasion. This is another example of the power Julia has over men. She probably knows that Winston’s life revolves around her, yet she is so quick to cancel the plans because she knows Winston won’t leave her. Another example is when Julia shows up to the room above Mr. Charrington’s shop. Winston immediately tries to embrace her, while she shrugs him off. In this instance, she is more concerned with bragging about her minor revolts against the Party; this time presenting food that is only accessible to Inner Party members. It seems that she is more eager to show off her sneakiness than to be in an actual relationship.

            Julia is also very intelligent and does not fall victim to the Party’s propaganda. Julia refuses to believe in the Brotherhood, and thinks the Party made up the organization for its own purposes. She believes the war was made up for the same purpose and to install fear in the citizens. Even though Winston is so politically against the Party, he has never thought of these ideas. For this reason, Julia appears to be even less naïve than Winston.

            However, Julia does not care about the deceit that does not apply to her own life. Since she already knows the Party is lying, she does not care about the minor lies, such as who invented the airplane, which country Oceania is at war with, or the changing of history in the papers. This frustrates Winston, because he finally thought he had a companion with which to discuss the constant revision of the past. This further illustrates Julia’s belief that it is more important to live in the present than to obsess over the past or future.