In 1984, Winston refuses to believe that the Party can take Winston down. When talking to Julia, Winston thinks, “They could spy upon you night and day, but if you kept your head you could still outwit them” (Orwell 166). This represents Winston’s drive to fix the corrupt society no matter how difficult the feat is. Winston has the determination because he is filled with optimism. “Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with a wild hope” (Orwell 125). This supports Winston’s great amount of hopefulness in the novel. Winston also has the natural instinct to rebel. When Winston starts his journal in his alcove, he loses track of his thoughts and writes down radical ideas.
“He discovered that while he sat helplessly musing he had also been writing, as though by automatic action. And it was no longer the same cramped awkward handwriting as before. His pen had slid voluptuously over the smooth paper, printing in large neat capitals—DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.” (Orwell 18)
This further backs up the fact that Winston has the natural instinct to rebel and that Winston is a prominent unorthodox character in 1984. In conclusion, Julia, Ampleforth, and Winston are unorthodox characters in 1984 that do not fit into society. These characters are very important to the novel because they show how corrupt the society of Oceania is. This novel, which was revolutionary for its time, demonstrates how an omnipotent power can affect