At this point in the book, Winston and Julia are just
beginning their relationship, and still trying to sneak around in order to see
each other. Winston still refers to her as “girl” and doesn’t know her name
yet. The author includes different scenes within these few pages to show how serious
Winston and Julia are about meeting up and how their relationship will start to
develop. The different scenes he uses also somewhat develop their personality.
On page 112, Winston once again saw Julia sitting at a
table. While he was about to approach her, another man sat down before Winston
had the chance to do so. Using quotes such as “His hopes sank again” and “with
ice in his heart Winston followed,” the reader can easily understand that
Winston cares about Julia and hopes to be with her. Julia also obviously cares
about meeting up with Winston since she decides a time and place to unite with
him.
Pages 112 through 117 also characterize Julia very well. She
is always extremely cautious about meeting up with Winston, but always knows
the right thing to do. She seems experienced with sneaking around against the
government, with proof on page 113 where Winston and Julia discuss when and
where to meet up. Julia wants to meet up in Victory Square when she is done
with work, but Winston does not think Victory Square is a good place to meet up
since it is full of telescreens. Julia, though, says, “Don’t come up to me
until you see me among a lot of people. And don’t look at me. Just keep
somewhere near me.” She is clearly used to sneaking around behind the
government’s back and is very wise in nature. She wants to develop a
relationship with Winston also, but acts very nonchalant about it to keep it on
the down low. After meeting up in Victory Square, Julia and Winston plan
another time and place to meet up in which Julia gives Winston directions to a
very private place. Their dedication to meeting up with each other is yet
another piece of evidence to show that their relationship is about to evolve.
Julia’s directions of “to the secret meeting spot once again show how wise and
secretive she is.
These scenes and dialogue should help foreshadow what is to
come of Julia and Winston’s relationship. At the end of page 116 and beginning
of page 117, Winston describes the feeling of meeting up and holding Julia’s
hand. The book reads “But at the last moment, while the crowd still hemmed them
in, her hand felt for his and gave it a fleeting squeeze. It could not have been
ten seconds, and yet it seemed a long time that their hands were clasped together.
He had time to learn every detail of her hand.” This specific section of the
book identifies his relationship with Julia and how they begin to get to know
each other. The closing of this chapter helps the reader picture Winston and
Julia together and the start of their relationship. Describing them holding
hands, the author wants to imply that Winston and Julia will come together as
one to go against the government.
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