Sunday, April 10, 2011

Journal #2 topic B

I am going to analyze Julia in the novel 1984. Julia Is shown as a normal Oceania citizen and displays normal characteristics, yet she however is wanting to feel the need for rebellion. Because Julia is in the JASL party and it is against the rules to have sex because the party is trying to eliminate the need for sex Like Winston they both use sex as a form of rebellion to try and escape the rules of the Government. What was confusing to me in this novel was when Winston first met Julia he wanted to "smash her head into the cobblestone" (101). I was confused because in the end he likes her. Like how she is in the JASL (Junior Anti-Sex League). Why would someone feel the need to smash some one's head into cobblestone? And is Orwell wanted to put a significant character in the book why would he put such emphasis on him wanting to kill her when he first meets her. There has to be something deeper into the passage of Julia on page 101. I think that Orwell is trying to tell us that Julia has no real meaning to Winston. Winston just wanted to rebel and got caught up in the moment and never thought of her with real love or anything.

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