Winston believes a mysterious organization called the Brotherhood, which is said to be in rebellion against the Party, has the best chance of fighting a revolution against Big Brother. Julia pooh-poohs this idea because "any kind of organized revolt against the Party ... struck her as stupid." Yet Winston is mesmerized by the idea of the Brotherhood and by his suspicion that O'Brien might be part of it. He feels that a "strange intimacy" exists between him and O'Brien. When he mentions that thought to Julia, she is not unsympathetic to the idea of approaching O'Brien, for she is used to "judging people by their faces."
It is his belief that O'Brien, a father figure to him, might be part of the Brotherhood that spurs on Winston's belief that the organization could successfully fight Big Brother. He doesn't believe any organization O'Brien is part of can fail.
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