"It is a half-hour railway journey, turn left out side the station; 2 kilometres along the road; a gate with the top bar pissing; a path across a field; a grass-grown lane; a track between bushes; a dead tress with moss on it. It was as though she had a map in her head (pg 121)." These are the directions that the dark haired girl explained to Winston at their meeting at Victory Square. Still unsure of this women's intentions, Winston decides to carry out the plan. Will this mystery women lure him into an unforeseeable trap? Or has Winston found someone who shares the same interests and thoughts with him?
When Winston arrives at the secret location, he is early and alone. On the women's arrival, he find out that her name is Julia, although her surname is still unknown. Julia evidently is not trying to hide her affection for him, and makes no hesitation in throwing herself on Winston. This act is symbolic due to the fact that it is not meant to show her desire for Winston, rather it was her way of expressing her revolt against the Party. Julia even begins to tell Winston of the many members of the party of whom she had slept with. Rather then the normal reaction of disgust, Winston becomes very delighted and pleased by this information. Anything that hinted at corruption filled him up with hope.
Ultimately, it turns out that Julia was on his side. She was not one of the "Thought Police" of who he had thought her to be. More so, it seems as if he really is taking a liking to her, much to the contrary of 2 weeks ago where he had imagined smashing her skull in with a glass paper weight!
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3 comments:
Another well constructed Blog.
Good use of symbolism.
I like the way you question Julia’s intentions, and you use this way to state your thesis. Your body paragraph supports your thesis strongly.
Intro. does not seem to be too clear for ideas in the body
Conclusion concludes the body, but it does not rephrase too much from the intro.
Symbolism device used
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