EN111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Inner Party, Telescreen, Old World Rom
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Relationship between julia and winston: pg145, woods meeting. "you could not have pure love or pure lust" "it was a political act: now, sex isn"t like before, as it isn"t pure love, but an act of resistance. Julia believed it was natural that they wanted to rob you of your experiences, just as it was natural that she wanted to break the rules and have them. Julia functions in the way of helping winston see the advantages of sex and rebellion through sex, but winston is trying to achieve something bigger than julia can comprehend. Feeling of something shared is found in the room above mr. charrington"s shop instead: the room above the antic shop. Sense of normality (old-world feeling: no longer just about sex and desire, but is about intimacy, what they can share as a couple, and a constant resistance in a meaningful way, relationship is a constant form of resistance.
