1984 #3

I think that Big Brother has won. Until Winston willingly forced himself to believe that his memories of his mother and sister were false I didn't believe it. However, after reading that passage it became clear that Big Brother had defiantly won. After seeing how the Party demolished Winston's movement I don't think that there would be a way to bring down the One State. The reason being is that they One State has an ear and an eye on everything and everyone, so if someone, like Winston, even got the notion that the Party was bad then they could shut it down before that person could convince others. At the end of the novel I think that Winston realizes that he has been beaten and because of this realization he understands that nothing he does will matter, so now he has no reason to fight what is being given to him.