1984 Journal #2

Winston resists The Party in multiple ways.  The fact that he commits Thoughtcrime leads to his other actions, and this is one example of his resistance.  Winston also buys a book, pen, and ink, which he uses for a diary.  This is another example of how he rebels, yes he may not be hurting the party, but he plants a seed of rebelliousness which will grow into his later action of starting an affair with Julia.  When Winston does start this affair, in a sense, he teams up against The Party with Julia.  He hates The Party, and he wants Julia to know every reason why.  But Winston’s thoughts lead to his actions.  Winston’s eye contact with O’Brien and the facial expression Winston has, even for a split second are because he committed Thoughtcrime.  O’Brien later makes contact with Winston because O’Brien can tell that Winston is against The Party.  A few days later, after speaking with O’Brien, Winston and Julia meet inside O’Brien’s flat and discuss The Brotherhood.  So far Winston has not committed any serious acts of rebellion against the party, no killing, no destroying, however, Winston’s Thoughtcrime is very successful.  It is successful because his thoughts lead to his actions (which also seems to be brought up in the text).  So far there are no consequences or effects of his rebellion, however Winston has acknowledged the fact that sooner or later, he will be killed, he will be vaporized, it is inevitable.  But this does not stop Winston from hurting The Party as much as he is capable of, and he does everything in his power to do so.