Winston is let go of Ministry and carries out the remainder of his days. He is merely a shell of the man he used to be. He didn't go to the Ministry to be killed, he was sent there destroy his will and remove the urge to fight the party. Everything he loved and cared was gone or had lost meaning to him. He sees Julia again but their encounter is short and it lacked the same passion that they had for each other earlier. It's like the two don't see each other like they used to. Before they were only with each other because they thought they were rebelling but now they've almost given up their rebellion and don't feel the same anymore because they've stopped fighting. They agree to meet again. Winston is over come with a form of relief knowing the fight is over, that his struggle was over. He can rest knowing that he can stop fighting.
I was rather shocked at the ending. He put up such a fight but ends up with nothing to show for it. He regains all the weight he lost at the Ministry and is finally healthy again. At this point he is thinking that everything is fine. I feel this song by My Darkest Days describes his feeling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYfxLRBp6Uw
Winston was not at all a hero. He was just a pawn really, a camera like entity that George Orwell used to give us a view at this crazed world he's thought of. It was him showing us what could've been and the way I see it the world could really become like this. If we aren't careful how much power we give our government there would be nothing to stop them which answers my question on how the party gained power. They slowly gained it through out the course of time. Because the world was in a state of war and panic people gave into the government not realizing what this really entailed. The party offered a sense of security and because the people were scared they took it. I'm not sure what the message George Orwell was trying to spread but this is what I took from this book.
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