Part III: I Sold You And You Sold Me

Winston is out. He is free. More so, he is waiting for his time to expire and for a Party member to put a bullet in through his head from behind him. When this may happen, one can only guess. For now he sits and waits and his favourite place, The Chestnut Tree where he sits in the back by the corner and drinks an overly excessive amount of Victory Gin which the waiter keeps refilling. Unconsciously, Winston traces

2+2=5

into the dust on the table he is sitting at. O'Brien and Big Brother's assimilation had worked.

On leaving The Chestnut Tree he spots Julia. She hardly makes any motion to speak to him, in fact it appears as if she has no desire to stop and talk to him at all. Julia had changed. Her face was sallower and there was a scar on it which was partly covered by her hair. Her waist appeared to be very stone-like. The texture of her skin had looked different as well. They explained to each other how they both had betrayed one another and they recalled how "All you care about is yourself (305)" in a place such as the Ministry of Love. They parted, having nothing more to say each other as the desire for one another had long been wiped out.

Upon returning to the Chestnut Tree for another drink, Winston hears a familiar tune coming out of the telescreen:

"Under the spreading Chestnut Tree,

I sold you and you sold me"

Winston's eyes immediately welled up with tears with the ultimate realization that nothing he could to could ever change the situation he is in. His death would ultimately come, the time only the Party could have known for sure. Although, he could take relief in the though that "he had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother (310)."