In the fourth chapter of the third book, Winston has a
hallucination about Julia. He has this moment after he had been daydreaming about the
Golden Country. In fact, the hallucination is so strong that he shouts Julia's name out
several times. Look directly at Orwell's words:
She had seemed to be not merely with him, but
inside him. It was as though she had got into the texture of his skin. In that moment he
had loved her far more than he had ever done when they were together and
free.
This recollection of
Julia makes him feel like he had committed a crime against the Party. He knew the act
was morally wrong according to their expectations of acceptable behavior. The facts that
he uttered her name out loud, and had such a human and emotional experience deeply
convicted him. He feared this scream would result in execution, and listened for
footsteps of the Thought Police to come and get him.
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