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How Does Winston Change Throughout The Novel 1984

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In George Orwell's novel, 1984, Julia and Winston have different views on life under the totalitarian regime of Oceania. These different views have caused different, but similar, actions throughout the whole book. Winston believes that the party is cruel and inhumane, while Julia doesn’t like the rules and just wants to break them. Even though Winston and Julia both ended up in jail, they had different perspectives on The Party. Winston hated the party. He hated the telescreens, the Police, Big Brother, everything about The Party. Winston wants to stay human, to stay human. He wants to think whatever he wants and not be punished for it. He wants to be able to remember the memories of his mother, father, and sister. Even when he was actively …show more content…

The spirit of Man.” This shows that Winston has a deeper meaning for rebelling against The Party and that he believes in freedom, memories, and man. Julia didn’t hate The Party as much as Winston did, but she still rebelled against it frequently. She broke the rules of the Party by sleeping with members of the Party. Julia sleeps with members of the Party to corrupt them. In Part Two of the book, page 157, Julia says, “Yes, always with Party members.” By sleeping with Party members, she is breaking rules since sex is something The Party tries to make people forget about and forbids it. The Party see’s sex as a “duty to The Party,” but Julia sees sex as pleasure and enjoyment, which is why she rebels against the party. Her meaning for rebelling against Big Brother isn’t for a deep meaning like Winston, Julia just wants to have fun. Rather than wanting to get rid of Big Brother and The Party like Winston, Julia only wants to have her own type of fun and safely break the rules in a minor way. Julia and Winston are one in the same, even with their differences. They both rebelled against the Party and they both got

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