Orwell named his character after Winston Churchill and added the common name – Smith. The action of the novel is built around him, therefore, in order to fully understand the book we need to understand Winston. His frailty is emphasized from the very beginning; he has a small, meager body, a varicose ulcer on his ankle; what is surprising about his description is that he has to take the stairs slowly, with frequent rests, although he is only thirty-nine. The contrast with the enormous face on Big Brother and even with the other characters is obvious. O’Brien is a solid, well-built man while Julia is healthy and athletic. We also find out that he works for the Ministry of Truth in London, the chief city of Airstrip One. But the most important thing in this description is that we are told of his fear of the Thought Police, of the power the Party bears over him. It is a power which cannot be escaped because it is psychological and which can determi

ne Winston to completely participate in the Two Minutes Hate although he tries desperately to resist it.

Her rebellion is primarily physical, while Winston’s is emotional and intellectual. She falls asleep when Winston begins to read to her The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism and she doesn’t show any interest in Winston’s tale about the photograph that gave objective proof The Times was lying about Jones, Aaronson and Rutherford, the dissident leaders.

Whereas Winston is restless, fatalistic and concerned with large-scale social problems, Julia is sensual, pragmatic, and generally content to live in the moment and make the best of her life. ( internet) As Jenni Calder says “Julia’s crime is that her frank sexuality is impermissible, but she sees her rebellion merely in personal terms, and she sees the Party’s authority only in terms of how it restricts her wants.” Winston needs her because she can provide for him emotional energy but from a political point of view, she is of no use to him. Although she understands perfectly the ways of the Party and the reasons why her sexuality cannot be tolerated, she doesn’t want to fight back but just to escape its power.

Probably the most criminal of his acts is Winston’s relationship with Julia. His desire to have a woman of his own with whom he could actually enjoy the sexual act is another instance of his rebellious tendencies. He wants to escape the psychological power the Party tries to have on him; by committing all these crimes he becomes conscious that they constitute a political act. Moreover he knows from the very beginning that he has no chance in fighting against the party, that he will eventually be caught and punished. However, he is totally convinced that he must rebel no matter what and this is why he continues to take unnecessary risks, such as trusting O’Brien or renting the above room in Mr. Charrington’s shop. And it is this consciousness which is very important because without it, Winston’s rebellion would be of insignificant importance, as Julia’s is.

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