How Julia And Winston Are Complimentary Of Each Other

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How Julia And Winston Are Complimentary Of Each Other
Julia and Winston are the primary characters in the novel nineteen eighty-four. The two have many differences regarding morals and beliefs. However, there are also some instances where they agree. Their differences and similarities to some extent help them to live. Each one can make up for what the other one lacks. The two are complete aliens when they meet. But after some time, love develops, and this is in spite of their differences. They use them as complementary tools. The writer seeks to inform the readers about how people don’t have to allude to the same school of thought to augur well. This shows that people can, after all, be one even when they have a diversity of beliefs and principles.
Both Julia and Winston hate the Party but for a different reason. Julia is a person who loves having fun. In fact, she is portrayed as one who is sexually immoral due to her sexual attachments with many Party members (Orwell 162). It is for this reason that she hates the Party. She feels that the Party to some extent threatens her space to engage in things that she considers to be fun but they are not allowed by the Party. She doesn’t have a problem with the party when it doesn’t limit her space to engage in her likings. However, Winston loathes the Party for different reasons. He feels that the Party doesn’t live up to its billing of good will to people. He doesn’t love how the Party dramatically influences the lives of people and forces them to live in a specific manner.

Although Winston hates the Party for more ethical reasons than Julia, the bottom line is that they all hate it. This hatred helps both of them to rebel against the party and get in a sexual relationship although it is against the Party’s rules.
Julia is the person who is against the Party’s rulings about sexual relations. The Party doesn’t want people to get into erotic sexual relations. Instead, it reserves sex for marriage and procreation. To Julia, this feels very wrong. Her evident desire for sex makes her propose love to Winston. Winston is a reserved character who believes that women are conservatisms who would never rebel against the party. Her wife Kathrine was a very staunch follower of the Party’s rulings who would never do anything that was against it. This makes him feel that women cannot be agents of a revolution. However, when he meets Julia, he comes to realize that women can be as rebellious as men against the skewed Party rules. Julia and Winston engage in sex at some point (156). Since this is against the party which states that sex should be for procreation, they feel that the act is a form of political rebellion. In the sexual act, Julia reveals that she has had sex with many other Party members. This excites Winston as he realizes that everyone has been rebelling against the Party albeit in secrecy. This very act makes them accomplices in rebellion against the party.
The two possess different modes of fighting against the party. Although their beliefs and ways of attacking the Party are different, they are to some extent complementary. According to Julia, it is meaningless to fight the Party directly. She believes that to survive one has to show loyalty but the rebel in disguise. She manages to do many things that are against the party such as having sex with many party members for her pleasure. Winston on his part brings a hands-on approach towards fighting the party. He believes in real rebellion. He formulates many philosophies as to why it is valid to battle against the Party. Julia helps to tame Winston’s explosive approach towards the Party. She teaches him on how to evade the Party in their day to day activities instead of directly fighting it (193). This proves to be crucial for their survival, and it enables their love to thrive for long. Although they are caught in the end, without Julia’s cunningness, they would not have made it that far. This further illustrates how the two characters complemented each other.
The author shows how differences in character can be crucial in survival. The two figures show that having different opinions and principles comes in handy in political rebellions and revolutions. It also indicates that no form of thinking is full by itself. Without Julia, Winston would not have managed to withstand the Party rules for long. She gives Winston the need to live by the rules to survive in a rash society. Winston on his part keeps the rebellion going. He intends to fix the wrongs in the community for ethical reasons (19). If he had decided to attack the Party explosively, he would not have survived for long. Julia is also able to quench her sexual desires with a person whose political hatred towards the Party motivates him to engage in the forbidden act. This book is, therefore, a perfect example of how a mix of vigor and moderation can be applied for survival. Winston and Julia should thus be viewed as complementary characters, not different ones.
Work Cited
Orwell, George. 1984. Ishi Press International, 1949.