In the book 1984, by George Orwell, Winston is trying to figure out what is wrong with the world that he is living in right now. He does not know what life is like outside of the party and Big Brother. All he knows is oppression and constantly being watched. He remembers the difference of the time before the revolution when he says "Beyond the late fifties everything faded. when there were no external records that you could refer to, even the outline of your own life lost its sharpness. You remembered huge events which had quite probably not happened, you remembered the details of incidents without being able to recapture their atmosphere...". In the quote it shows that it is very difficult to remember earlier life before the party and that its almost impossible because the party tells you that its all wrong and Winston has to believe them because there is nothing else to believe in. Yet, he does know that something is wrong and when he figures out that the party is bad and there was real life outside of the "revolution", he wants to destroy it any way he can. Once he becomes acquainted with the dark haired girl, Julia, he finds out that there is hope with destroying Big Brother.
Julia, unlike Winston, goes along with life of the "Revolution". She does not remember anything but that so she has no other desire to have a life different than what she has always known for her whole life. Her philosophy is, "Any kinda of organized revolt against the party, which was bound to be a failure, struck her as stupid. The clever thing was to break the rules and stay alive all the same". This quote shows that she is against the party, but does not believe that it could be broken and it will not break. she just excepts the fact that it is the highest power because that's what she grew up with. Julia's perspective is different than Winston's because Julia does not think of even breaking up the Party while Winston knows a better life than the revolution and wants to end it.
hmmm...
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