Political Act.

Winston refers to what he and Julia did as being a political act. What is meant by that? Explain your analysis.

"But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow against the Party. It was a political act."

I think that the author refers to Julia and Winston have relations as a political act. The author says this is a political act, because what they did was such a huge blow to the party. Winston told Julia that the more people she's been with the more he loves her, but this is only because she's going against the party by doing this. By them being together, they are completely going against the party, and it symbolizes the start of a new turning point in the book. The begging of the book is mostly an introduction into the characters and Winston's life. The end of this chapter, symbolizes a possible movement, or change that will occur, because of Julia and Winston, having relations. These two characters are very important and powerful in the story. Them getting together symbolizes, two strong forces, leading rebellion, which can lead to either a huge movement or D-E-AT-H. This is why what Winston and Julia did is referred to a political act, they are indirectly going politically against the party, even though they themselves are a part of it.