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"He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother"(Orwell 298).


Winston has turned his mind inside out. He allowed the tactics of the Party to get inside of him and change him forever. The battle that Winston had once fought against the Party, became the battle he fought against himself for the Party. In the end, Winston won. Not the battle he once forged, but the battle that allowed him to survive. Winston once mentioned that it is in human nature to try to survive as long as possible, he won that battle. He unconsciously adapted, and won the battle of survival. If he fought to keep human nature alive, by his surviving, he won. Human nature, its emotions, its individualism might be dying in Oceania, but the nature of surviving will live on as long as the world in run by fear.