Winston is a divided man. He knows the power of the
state, he knows how it controls information, he knows that it will find out everything
tht he is doing,and when they do, he will be a "dead man." On the other hand, he has
romantic illusions that someone, someone will be able to "break" the system, will step
out of the state's control, and destroy that system. He suspect that "The Brotherhood"
exists, that Goldstein exists, that O'Brien may be the link to the Brotherhood --- all
nonsense, but the other half of Winston.
So transcending
reason, Winston continues to act against his own best interests, perhaps suggesting that
we are not as "reasonable" as we like to think we are.
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