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Was Julia a member of the Thought Police?


I always thought that she wasn't, but re-reading "1984" O'Brien tells Winston that he was working on him for seven years until the time he was arrested. It seems like a huge coincidence that she happens to initiate a sexual relationship with Winston just before his arrest, and she was needed for Room 101 to work on him. In order to break him he had to betray her. Also, she was described as being young and beautiful while Winston was old and in poor health, so it doesn't seem likely she would be interested in him on her own.

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Hi,

It's a fascinating idea, and I replied to it in this thread: https://moviechat.org/tt0087803/1984/5f19b68a52f94046634138e0/Julia-the-Thought-Police-and-other-matters

I put it in a separate thread because of the reply's length and for other reason; hope you don't mind that.

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