chapter 6 part 3

In Chapter 6 part 3 is the last chapter of 1984. In this chapter we get to see Winston free from all the oppressions of O’Brien and the tortures. Winston is in the Chestnut tree cafe, where all  the embarrassed party members meet up. He drinks victory gin and listens to the telescreen. Unconsciously he writes in his table 2 + 2 = 5. This information is significant to the reader because it allows to know that Winston is not the same Winstons anymore. The fact that he wrote it unconscious means that he accepts and believes that 2+ 2 = 5. This made me despondent because I thought there would some kind of revolution against the party, but it shows that the party is almost invincible.

Later on, Winston meets up with Julia. Julia was thicker and not attractive to winston eyes. Julia didn't have any feels for Winston either. The counter was mostly silent and tacit, the only words they said was that they betrayed each other because they were threaten with something terrible and they had no other choice than to betray each other in order to survive. They also explain how when they are in that situation they don't think about loving that person, they only think of not going through the torture. Once they finished talking they parted ways. Winston went back towards the chestnut tree cafe when he heard a song playing, “underneath the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me. We can now understand why the three guys from the picture have cried after hearing this song. Its the same emotions Winston is feeling, is a song of betrayal, a memory it will never be forgotten. He also has a flashback about his childhood memories but throws them away since he believes they are false memories. I believe they are not spurious memories, this is another evidence that Winston is not the same, he does not recognize his mother anymore, or the life he used to have. This is telling  us that he is still playing the rules of big brother even though there is no one around telling him how he is suppose to think.  Now he is transformed just as O'Brien has tell him to do so.

At the end of the chapter the telescreen announces victory at the front lines, and Winston is overjoyed to tears, and when he sees the picture of  big brother he realizes that he loves him. All he is waiting now was for the party to shoot him from the back of the head  in any moment .  It is disappointing how Winston has given up, I believed he was going to change the society or become a hero but the ending was unexpected. The ending could've been more dramatic and I wonder why the author allow that injustice party to win. This is telling us that the “good people” won't always win like we are accustomed to see or read in the endings of a book or movie.