2nd point of significance

At the beginning of the novel, Winston speaks about Julia. He has never met her but she is an attractive young woman who works in the same building as him as some kind of mechanic. Winston basically hates her. He hates her because she’s pretty and he can’t have her. But he also thinks that she is the kind of person that would turn him in to the thought police. Later on in the book, Julia slips Winston a note that says “I love you”. The note blows him away. Of course he is interested and he can’t wait to get in touch with her, but it is very difficult to say more than a few words to each other in private without the thought police getting wise. This is a significant point in the book because after that, the book goes from Winston bantering about INGSOC and how he hates the world he lives in, to Winston bantering about INGSOC and how he hates the world he lives in, and doing everything he can to meet with Julia.