1984 #7

"It was rather more of a shock to him when he discovered from some chance remark that she did not remember that Oceania, four years ago, had been at war with Eastasia and at peace with Eurasia..."I thought we'd always been at war with Eurasia," she said vaguely. It frightened him a little (Orwell 154." This is a good example of how the 12 year age difference is significant to how Winston and Julia's views of life and the world before the Party took control differ. Winston still has memory of how times were before the Party had taken over, while it seems as though Julia's memory of that time has been fading. Julia is a rebel who fights to be different and not obey the Party, but at the same time this quote shows that no matter how much she doesn't want it to, the Party is getting through to her. Without even realizing it, she had cleared her brain of the memory of events that were happening only a short four years ago. The fact that the Party may be succeeding in making Julia just another one of it's victims is what is beginning to frighten Winston. If they can take control of her, they can take control of anyone.