In Room 101, is the worst thing in the world, or a specific person’s biggest …show more content…
They learn that they both have betrayed each other and no longer feel the same towards one another anymore. Since the last time Winston saw Julia, he opens up his eyes to all the changes she has undergone. When Julia and Winston meet up in the park, Orwell describes her changes, “She had changed in some ill-defined way. Her face was swallower, and there was a long scar… across her forehead and temple. Her waist had grown thicker and, in a surprising way, had stiffened… [like] a corpse… by its rigidity and awkwardness to handle… her body felt like that. She looked at him for the first time. It was only a momentary glance, full of contempt and dislike. Her feet seemed to have grown bigger” (291-292). Orwell is most likely suggesting that Julia is no longer the same youthful young lady. She has lost everything about her that stood out to Winston. Julia has undergone a tremendous amount of torture that has changed her inside and out, taking away her spirit and her …show more content…
He finally realizes what a wonderful figure Big Brother is, and he looks up to him. Since that start of Winston’s time in the Ministry of Love to the point where he is now released, his thoughts have changed tremendously. Before his release from the Ministry of Love, Winston imagines, “Bang! would go the batteries of his hatred. Hatred would fill him like an enormous roaring flame. And almost the same instant bang! would go the bullet, too late, or too early. They would have blown his brain to pieces before they could reclaim it… To die hating them, that was freedom” (281). After his release from the Ministry, he imagines the exact same scenario but differently: “He was back in the Ministry of Love, with everything forgiven, his soul as white as snow. He was in the public dock, confessing everything, implicating everybody… The long-hoped for bullet was entering his brain. He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache… He loved Big Brother” (297-298). All the torture has finally led Winston to this moment. The specific moment when everything changes for Winston, is when he betrays Julia. She is the last thing from him to let go of before he can fully give himself to the Party. Julia was just a part of his rebelliousness, and once she was gone, so was his rebellious nature. Orwell’s purpose in concluding the book in such a fashion, is to keep