As
pointed out in the previous answer,is in her mid-twenties, and therefore there is a not
inconsiderable age-gap between her and , who, we are told, is thirty-nine.
Julia's youthfulness is often emphasized in the novel. She is dark, pretty and
attractive and Winston can hardly understand why she bothers with someone middle-aged and as
unappealing as he feels himself to be. Also, he is an intellectual and she is not; she prefers
to focus on her physical needs and desires. Certainly on the face of it they appear hardly
compatible. Yet they are drawn together in their rebellion against the Party.
The unlikely pairing of Winston and Julia serves to highlight how even the most
disparate of individuals can be united in a common cause against the most diabolical type of
oppression. The Party seeks to strictly regiment all of its members, but underneath a fa§ade of
outward conformity, Julia and Winston are highly
individualized characters.
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