The relationship

The relationship between Winston and Julia changes drastically, in the emotional and physical sense, in the second book. In book 1, Winston does not like her, and does not trust her. He does not like her because of "the atmosphere of hockey fields and cold baths and community hikes and general clean-mindedness," (page 10). He believes that she is part of the thought police. He also does not like her because she is young and beautiful. He believes that there is no chance for someone his age to score with someone as young as her.

The relationship starts to get better in the second book when Julia slips Winston the note, saying I love you. Julia explains that she likes Winston because of " It was something in your face... I'm good at spotting people who don't belong. As soon as I saw you I knew you were against them," (page 122). They keep their relationship a secret by not interacting with each other at work. When they get time to escape work for 30 minutes, they would got to the streets and talk, or go to the bombed out church.