alism -- his intense paranoia about the Party and his overriding belief thatthe Party would eventually catch and punish him. As soon as he wrote "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" in his diary, he waspositive that the Thought police would quickly capture him for committingthought crime. Sensing that he ishelpless to evade his doom, Winston allowed himself to take unnecessary risks,such as trusting O'Brien and renting the room above Mr. Charrington'sshop. Deep down, he knew that theserisks would increase his chances of being caught by the Party. But because he believed that he would becaught no matter what he did, he convinced himself that he must continue torebel. Winston lived in a world inwhich legitimate optimism was an impossibility; lacking any real hope, he gavehimself false hope, fully aware that he was doing so.
             Winston's lover was Julia. She was a very beautiful dark-haired girl who worked in the fictiondepartment of the ministry of youth. Julia claimed to have had many affairs with Party members and she verymuch enjoyed sex. She was a pragmaticand optimistic young woman. Winston sawtheir affair as essentially temporary; his fatalistic attitude made him unableto imagine his relationship with her as one to last long. Julia, on the other hand, was well adaptedto her chosen forms of small-scale rebellion. In general, Julia contrasts with Winston. Apart form their mutual sexual desire and hatred of the Party,most of their traits weren
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