et knowledge, which suggest a sympathetic hidden deep within the oligarch" (186). The love Winston has for O'Brien is brought forth from O'Brien's mystery-like profile and attitude. In conclusion, Winston's love for O'Brien constantly grows as he is being tortured more and more.
             Subsequently, O'Brien's torturing Winston leads to his feelings blossoming even more towards him. After his capture, Winston is tortured, however, he does not seem to mind as much because he finds a sick pleasure from being physically and mentally abused. Harris believes that Winston's "imagined relationship with O'Brien, which seems more intimate and intellectually significant than his relationship with Julia, is actually a regression to an infantile level where subject and object cannot be distinguished" (40). Even though Winston is intimate with Julia it does not necessarily mean that he loves her or admires her more than he does O'Brien. The fallacy that Winston has with O'Brien is more destructive than helpful. He thinks that O'Brien wants to help him, yet in reality O'Brien's has no intentions of curing Winston but rather seeking pleasure from Winston's pain . "The temptation to masochistic submission to O'Brien remains in the background while Winston struggles to develop a sense of self, both through personal memory and his relationship with Julia"(Harris 41). This admiration that he has towards O'Brien is comparable to filial love because a newborn has no one else to turn to as does he. They are helpless and have to depend on their parents to provide for them in the beginning years of life. This is similar to the way Winston depends on O'Brien because he is helpless in trying to join the Party ,and he has to depend on O'Brien as an intermediary be
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