1984 4

"What overwhelmed him in that instant was admiration for the gesture with which she had thrown her clothes aside. With its grace and carelessness it seemed to annihilate a whole culture, a whole system of thought, as though Big Brother and the Party and the Thought Police could all be swept into nothingness by a single splendid movement of the arm." (31)

Orwell cleverly uses Winston's dream of Julia as a sort of motive for Winston to actually do something to rebel against Big Brother. Julia had been on his mind since he first saw her, but was too cautious to actually do anything about it. However, after this dream, Winston was convinced enough that he needed to act out, no matter what the cost was to himself. Orwell also uses this moment to foreshadow what was to come, when Julia and Winston meet in the woods for the first time. He even references back to this moment when Julia commits a similar action. This was a character turning point for Winston.