'84 2

        In the second half of 1984, Winston's life gets a lot more interesting, as he and Julia start living together (they both seem to be experiencing love between one another).  Winston and Julia finally are happy (as happy as one can be in such a society, anyway), though they realize that the lifestyle that they are living is dangerous.  Dangerous enough for the thought police to take notice, bust in their room, and arrest them - which is exactly what happens.  The rest of the book basically consists of Winston and Julia (mainly Winston) being tortured, until Winston eventually breaks, to which he and Julia are released back into the bleak world - only to live as brainwashed pawns of Big Brother.  The intelligence of the thought police and the inner party continues to be a pivotal aspect of the novel, as their collective power over the human mind is clearly demonstrated on Winston, who emerges from their tortures as nothing more than a tool of Big Brother - no longer with any true self at all.