1984 6

"'We are the dead,' he said." (135)

Orwell made this moment of dialogue between Winston and Julia stand out by making it so brief and concise, because it was really one of the first moments in which the reader notices a difference of opinion in the two lovers. Julia, being quite a bit younger than Winston, was clearly much more afraid of death than he was. Orwell uses this to lead the reader to think that Julia may betray Winston if they were to be cHe'd also clearly been thinking of his willingness to sacrifice himself for Goldstein. In the sentence before this, orwell writes, "that from the moment of declaring war on the Party it was better to think of yourself as a corpse." This prompts the reader to believe that Julia may not have been as much in favor of rebelling against the Party as she may have led on, and that she did what she did just because she loved Winston.