Julia

Julia plays an interesting role in this novel. As well as breaking up the grim mood of the novel, she clearly has a positive effect on Winston. We notice these effects through symbols such as Winston's varicose ulcer, which tends not to act up when Julia`s presence features largely in the novel. As well as this Winston seems less given to his vices when he is engaged in his affair with Julia. Julia, basically, is a ray of hope in the novel. While they both eventually accept the inevitability of their eventual capture and submission, they seem to see their affair as a relief from the world that the part set up, and proof that one can find happiness in a world such as that.