It all began with a simple slip of paper. It was a photograph; a photograph that contradicted everything Winston had ever been taught for as long as he could remember. Proof that the Party was not always right was in his hands. This photograph proved that the Party had lied for certain at least one time. While the Party had claimed that three men committed a crime, the photograph showed that they had been somewhere …showed first 75 words of 824 total…

…showed last 75 words of 824 total…been able to before. While Winston’s struggle against Big Brother began with an external piece of evidence, it indeed with defeat of his internal motivation. Evidence against Big Brother and the Party had always existed, but Winston was convinced to deny his own instincts of truth, sanity, and his grasp on reality. In the end, Big Brother was able to defeat Winston in every way, to the point that Winston came to love Him.