1984 2nd Journal Entry

The 2nd third of George Orwell's 1984 takes us even farther into the life of Winston. Winston continues to have thoughts against the party and big brother, such as thoughts about the girl he has a crush on, Julia. After seeing her around, he finally learns her name and the 2 move in together. Their apartment is right above a party loyalist and know it is risky being together, but the temptation is just too strong. This is a perfect example of the oppression of the new government, not even being able to have a partner. How are kids born? How can the government regulate a natural human action of mating? Nevertheless, as Winston continues to defy and go against the government, he also reads a book by the main enemy of Big Brother, a man named Goldstein that has his hand in everything that goes against the party. All of this leads to his arrest by the thought police, and their neighbor Mr. Charrington was a part of it. Orwell's thoughts on the future are very disturbing and bring up many questions on what he saw happening to our government in 1948 to think that 1984 would be serious enough to not allow anything fun. The relationship of Julia and Winston progressed from them breaking small laws in Oceania to them thinking and doing huge infractions, which led to their arrest. The story shows what could happen in our world if one person got too much power.