1984

What does Julia say about brotherhood, the bombs, and the war on Eurasia?

This question is referencing the book 1984 by George Orwell.

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The Brotherhood:

She had never heard of the Brotherhood, and refused to believe in its existence.

’When you make love you’re using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don’t give a damn for anything. They can’t bear you to feel like that. They want you to be bursting with energy all the time. All this marching up and down and cheering and waving flags is simply sex gone sour. If you’re happy inside yourself, why should you get excited about Big Brother and the Three-Year Plans and the Two Minutes Hate and all the rest of their bloody rot?’

The War and the Bombs...

Once when he happened in some connexion to mention the war against Eurasia, she startled him by saying casually that in her opinion the war was not happening. The rocket bombs which fell daily on London were probably fired by the Government of Oceania itself, ’just to keep people frightened’.

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1984