Quote Originally Posted by light up the darkness View Post
Winston is told that the Party doesn’t “just” execute people; they break them down and teach them to love Big Brother. Then, when they’re broken and soulless and content to be a member of the party, that’s when they’re executed.

At the end of the story, after he’s been forced to betray Julia, and sees her later and realizes his love for her has been destroyed, he realizes he loves Big Brother.

Winston is then presumably executed if he follows the form

Thanks. I've seen BIS reference it a few times lately, the irony of him implying that other posters have been broken by Tan is off the scale.