Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Did He REALLY Love Her?
After reading the last few pages of 1984, one could say we see Winston's 'true' feelings towards Julia when he gives her up to the Party. By doing this, do you think that there was a part of him, all along, that could never fully put her life before his? Throughout the whole story, Winston made it sound like he really loved her. Why would he give her up and give her the fate of Room 101 just so that he wouldn't face his biggest fear? What does this say about his character? Is he purely selfish, or did he have a legitimate reason to rat her out? ("rat"....ha ha ha...)
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Hahahaha Evan your pun made me laugh. I think Winston did love her as much as he was capable, but Orwell was making a point that mankind is ultimately selfish. As much as we love a person, there will always be something that we would do anything to avoid going through ourselves, even if it means sacrificing someone else. I don't think we can blame Winston for this because in this scene he has finally been broken down, but I was secretly hoping that he wouldn't betray Julia!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Gabbi. I also think that Winston betraying Julia shows just how powerful the Party is. No one is capable of resisting the Party and not even love is strong enough to withstand the power of the Party. Also, what about Julia's love? To me, she was the worst girlfriend ever! All she cared about was sex and she always fell asleep when Winston was talking.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the other two. Winston loved Julia so much that it took his greatest fear to break him. And it wasn't just a purely selfish act. Winston was also ultimately giving into the Party. Julia almost represented Winston's resistance/defiance of the Party. So long as he hadn't fully betrayed her, he would never truly be a part of the Party. He was broken down so much that he betrayed her. I don't really blame him. The Party would have kept torturing him until this happened since they wouldn't let him go until they had "fixed" him. Besides when Winston meets Julia on the street after this whole ordeal she tells him that she betrayed him as well! This just shows the power of the Party and that eventually two people who love each other will eventually betray one and other.
ReplyDeleteSame thought here, I think as everyone else said that this proves how powerful the party is. I personally think that Winston did love Julia, and it is very impressive as Payton said that it took his greatest fear in order to break his love. Still, I'm not sure how true Julia's love was since O'Brien tells Winston that she ratted him out right away to avoid any torture. Overall, this scene I think, displays the true power of the party and how they will go to such extremes to get what they want.
ReplyDeletei think he truly loved her, and he would have died for her, but the torture in room 101 wasn't death it was something he considered to be much worse. i think we all can think of something wed rather die than experience and given his circumstances (weak, physically and mentally due to extreme physiology and physical torture) he was not himself. he was broken, beaten, starved sleep deprived and basically an animal. he was experiencing Stockholm's syndrome and really was not the same person, The Party had broke him and rebuilt him, there is nothing he could have done.
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