Saturday 19 October 2013

What does Julia do to get Winston's attention in 1984?

Of
course,feigns an accident to make her first real contact with , but in reality he has already
noticed her. She sits behind him at the Two Minutes Hate and makes fleeting eye contact with him
in the commissary. During the Two Minutes Hate, in fact, he has quite graphic and violent
fantasies about her. He hates her before he gets to know her because he assumes she is
"young and pretty and sexless," wearing (ironically, as it turns out) the red sash of
the Anti-Sex League, the "aggressive symbol of chastity" (15). Although his hatred has
more to do with the violent emotions elicited by Party propaganda than Julia herself, Winston
assumes she is a Party spy. This fear seems confirmed when she follows him as he makes one of
his regular trips among the proles. He even thinks about chasing her down and killing her at
this point, but he realizes that he is too physically frail to do so. But he is convinced that
she will betray him and experiences equal parts terror and exhilaration when she passes him the
note a few days later. He does not even read it for several minutes, until his curiosity
overcomes him. The clandestine effort that Julia undertakes to make contact with Winston and his
initial reaction to it demonstrate the degree to which the Party has made even the most natural
and innocent gestures into life-and-death acts of defiance. Having gotten Winston's attention
with her "accident," Julia arranges their subsequent meeting in a Party rally in a
crowded square. She is amused by Winston's admission that he hated her, and it becomes clear
that she has been trying to arrange an affair with him for some time. 

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