"He notices that she never she used Newspeak words, except the ones that had passed into everyday use. She had never heard of the Brotherhood, and refused to believe in its existence. Any kind of organized revolt against the Party, which was bound to be a failure, struck her as stupid. The clever thing was to break the rules and stay alive all the same." page 131
This quote comes from the description of Julia after a brief description on her first love affair with a party member. Julia's form of rebellion is not the basic sort of martyrdom. Julia had the idea that rebellion is not successful unless you get to see your actions' impact. For Julia, who has affairs with party members, had the men she slept with commit suicide before they could confess to having affairs with her. Julia sees that the Party doesn't want citizens to live life with pleasure. They want it to be simple and bland so Julia takes it on herself to find pleasure the way it could hurt the Party and it's members the most. Have pleasure with them as it goes against their ideals/policies. She rarely accepts what the Party enforces and makes sure she gets what she wants/needs.
I like how you talked about Julia's form of rebellion. Your description shows us what Julia thinks.
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