In the novel 1984, Julia represents Winston’s love and his partner, demonstrating the archetype of the damsel in distress. Winston Smith's love interest and partner in the fight against Big Brother is Julia. In contrast to Winston, she symbolizes the traits of humanity that he somehow doesn't. Pure desire, deception, and preservation. Winston barely makes it through, but Julia is a genuine survivor who will use all means at her command to carry out her selfishness. Although she presents as a passionate Party supporter on the outside, she actually has untamed human urges and a strong will, which lead to her eventual arrest. Winston views Julia as being honest since she doesn't subscribe to the beliefs, he finds repugnant. Julia is the damsel of distress of the narrative. She hasn't been awakened yet, so she can't see the big picture as Winston can. She is still a child and is in the developmental stage. "I LOVE YOU." (Orwell 108) Winston receives these words from Julia, who wrote them down on a piece of paper and delivered them to him in the hallway. Both Winston and the readers' conceptions of Julia are completely flipped by the sentences. …show more content…
Zero matters for Party members, particularly Outer Party members like Winston and Julia, except passion for this government and for Big Brother, this larger-than-life ruler of this Party and Oceania. Outer Party members live to help this Party equipment, and believe just about their work; at least, that's the way it's said to be. Yet, as we see in this book, Winston can't get his thoughts off of Julia. She's beautiful, but he detests her simultaneously. She wears emblems that cry that she has the opinions of this government, and Winston fantasizes about defeating her. As a matter of fact, he's confident that she's an agent trying to see if his ideas actually are