The narrator focusses on Winston’s point of view through which we experience through his speech, thoughts and diary entries. Such thoughtcrime was, in fact, the worst of all crimes: ‘Thoughtcrime does not entail: death thoughtcrime IS death’’ This setting establishes a feeling of impending doom for Winston since he is breaking so many rules under surveillance and will be punished if he gets caught doing anything outlawed. The freedom to express ones thoughts was illegal. The dystopian society in 1984 is a mix of fear, manipulation and control. Big Brother is the representative of the ruling party who puts everyone under constant surveillance, mainly by telescreens. The novel 1984by George Orwell shows as a grim and bleak place, where Big Brother is watching you, literally. The type of society described in 1984 is dystopian. So it’s reasonable to say he’s a potential hero but he needs to build more determination to endure. In the beginning of the book we are given a brief description of how Winston looks: ‘’Winston who was thirty nine and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle.’’ He is also described as a hero because he writes ‘’DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER’’ repeatedly in his diary, he engages in a sexual relationship with a woman he barely knows and when he is given a chance to show the strength of his firmness, despite being battered down to his weakest state, he betrays the person he promised to always love. The middle of the book is more focused on characterising Winston’s mind. Orwell only explains his physical characterisation in the beginning and end of the book. The first impression we get of Winston is a weak, worn down individual. Julia gives Winston hope, and it is the continuation of this hope that gets them both destroyed.In the novel, Winston Smith is both an everyman and a person outside society. She shows Winston, who once imagined raping and killing her, that the Party cannot get to the most intimate places in a human being's mind she is his proof that the feelings that he has been having are valid. Julia does not follow these strict sexual codes and, in fact, breaks them at every opportunity. Winston can remember a time when affection was shown for affection's sake and is angry at women for what the Party has done to them.
Winston has real antipathy toward women resulting from the Party's indoctrination and from its stringent sexual codes. She functions as a sounding board for Winston, but she is far more complicated than that. Superficially, Julia seems like an uncomplicated character. Separating the couple diminishes their effectiveness: As individuals they do not understand the party wholly, nor are they capable of resistance.
But not until their love was strong did the Party intervene. Both had been watched for years and could have been captured at any time. Note that the couple was caught at their happiest moment, the moment where they let down their guard and felt like an ordinary couple. When Julia and Winston fall in love, they commit the ultimate offense against the Party. Julia uses sex to attack the Party, but it is far less effective a weapon than love.
She busies herself with getting around the Party, unlike Winston, who wishes to attack the Party at its center. While Winston is emotional about the Party and its potential downfall, Julia feels his wishes are merely fantasy and is apathetic to the Party's dogma. She understands the Party better than he does and is more cunning in the ways that she defies Party doctrine. Julia is far more intuitive and realistic than Winston. His rebellion is as much for future generations as it is for himself her rebellion is purely incidental to her own desires. She does not do this to destroy the Party but to quench her own desires, and that is the fundamental difference between Winston and Julia. While Winston enjoys sex and intimacy, Julia is an outwardly sexual being and sleeps with Party members regularly - at least before she meets Winston. Her demeanor is that of a zealous Party follower, but just under that thin surface is an individual with unchecked human desires and a willful spirit, which ultimately results in her capture. While Winston simply manages to survive, Julia is a true survivalist, using any means necessary to conduct her self-centered rebellion. She represents the elements of humanity that Winston does not: pure sexuality, cunning, and survival. Julia is Winston Smith's love-interest and his ally in the struggle against Big Brother.
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