The ending of 1984 is a disheartening one. Throughout the book, Orwell presents a hopeful case in which love and passion will have the ability to overcome the shackles of society. The relationship between Winston and Julie seems promising and their conviction against Big Brother is strong. When Winston is captured and tortured, however, he is quick to betray his love. Orwell's message seems clear. We must protect our rights. In a society where the government has total censorship over everything, public announcements, history, and even thoughts,the people suffer the most. While the protagonist, Winston, knows something is wrong with the way society is run, he fails to make succesful changes. As he says "the future is in the proles", the area of non party members who live with more freedoms. While their life is more dangerous and unregulated, the sense of liberty and independence they posses is greater than any party member and that is the society which we should model ourselves after. In the end, I enjoyed Orwell's novel. The one section where Winston reads Goldstein's book is extremely slow and difficult to read but that part aside I thought the book was engaging and enjoyable.