"He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."

This, the final words of the book, shows that even Winston's mind, one in which the reader follows so closely and correlates to so much through the course of the book, is taken over by the party. Thus, the message is sent that anyone and everyone can be controlled, and every freedom that they have can be taken away if this type of governing system is allowed to come into power.