I hated the ending! I can even pinpoint the exact part I hated, the exact line (which happened to be the last line): “He loved Big Brother.” They got Winston who was the one hope I had that this society would turn itself around. I understand Orwell’s motives in making this the last line of the novel. It’s supposed to scare the readers and make them change their ways of leadership before it’s too late. I am still not a fan of tragic endings though: I wanted revolt! If I would have re-written the ending, I would have only had to change the last line to say: “He would always hate Big Brother.” 1984 was an excellent book, but the ending needed some sort of turnaround; there was no denouement in my opinion because there was no resolution. Big Brother finally brainwashed Winston…the actual human being.
"It is intolerable to us that an erroneous thought should exist anywhere in the world, however secret and powerless it may be. Even in the instance of death we cannot permit an deviation" (page 210).
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yeah, it's a pretty maddening ending, but as you said, it's supposed be a catalyst for people to make sure it doesn't happen in real life
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