Orwell's Message

In the book 1984 George Orwell uses the lives of his two main characters and their outcome to covey a warning of what may come to be in the year 1984. In the book there are many contrasts between Winston and Julia, the main characters, yet in the end the result is the same.
Orwell's characters have different views of the Party even though they manifest themselves in the same way. Hate of the Party. Julia, since she hadn't lived before the Party she knew, “nothing else, accepting the Party as something inalterable, like the sky, not rebelling against it's authority but simply
evading it, as a rabbit dodges a dog.” Winston, however, was older, although he did not remember much, he did remember that there was a time before the party. His memory carried with it the hope that party could be destroyed and drive to assist in it's destruction. Winston put it into words by saying,
“I know, of course, that the past is falsified, but it would never be possible for me to prove it, even when I did the falsification myself. After the thing is done, no evidence remains. The only evidence is in my own mind, and I don't know with any certainty that any other human being share my memories.”
More evidence of this difference of their difference is seen when Winston is reading “The Book”, an Illegal book written by a underground network of rebels, to Julia. Winston, who is throughly engrossed in every detail of the book, finds that Julia has fallen asleep, obviously not interested. Again, Julia's mentality is contrasted to Winston's. Winston wants to understand the truth, and he wants to know the “why” of things. Whereas Julia is not interested in such things, she wishes merely to dodge the Party and live life. It does not matter to Julia whether the Party is telling the truth or not when it has no impact on her. These different mannerisms go a long way in determining how they live their lives. Although both Julia and Winston are both party members that hate the party, they differ in how they live their lives. Julia is a mischievous individual who likes to have “fun”, this is seen by the many times that she sneaks away from the telescreens to be with Winston during the book. Julia puts up a very convincing act that removes all suspicion from her while she sneaks out with Winston when no one is looking. Winston on the other hand lives a life of hope. He tries to make it look like he participating in things such as the Two Minutes Hate everyday hoping that someday the party would be destroyed by either the mysterious group called the “Brotherhood” or the lowest social group in Oceania, the proles. Another example comes from the time when Winston brings up the idea that, “we
are the dead.” He submits to Julia the idea that they are going to die no matter what, whether it is sooner or later, they are going to die. When Julia hears it, however, she brushes it off, tells him to forget it, and moves on to planning their next meeting. This shows how Winston is a deep-thinker, who wants to destroy the Party, whereas Julia is a schemer, who believes that the Party in unalterable, living life for the sake of evading the Party and living to see another day, she has no desire to find the truth. The only similarity between them is the fact that they both hate the Party and they both hate Big Brother.
In the end both Winston and Julia were “converted” my the party, they denounced each other and the party had won. Orwell used his two different characters to show that some people will fight and some people will evade, but the end result will be the same. His warning was that a Government similar to Ingsoc could arise and take over in such a way that they could destroy all hope and wipe out history no matter if you fight or dodge, you will be overcome by it.