Over the course of meeting Julia, Winston has changed rapidly as he now has someone to talk to about the same beliefs he has about being against the party. He also knows that escaping the Party is inevitable, but somehow in his case having Julia there makes him want to pursue it even further. Meeting up, having an illegal sex life (based on the Party's regulations for intercourse) and joining the Brotherhood. Winston isn't as cowardly as he was nor was he as weak, but still too fragile, and though his love for Julia and to find the truth was strong the brutality he endured broke him.