After re-reading the last paragraph of 1984 I don’t think Winston dies, physically. I think the people of the party took him to a place no one knew about, like the place they took his wife. When people dis-obey big brother or when people can not conceive a child inside their marriage they get taken to a place where no one knows where they are. Big brother just tries to wipe them out of the city. I think Winston was taken away somewhere, but mentally he is dead because no one knows where he is and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know anybody where he is at. However, he is happy because he is basically away from big brother and not always under his watch and doing the same thing everyday. When he cried I believe that they were sweet tears of joy because he was away from everything, even though he had to do something bad to get there. Maybe, in this place Winston is at, they might actually end up killing him in the future. Its very hard to tell, but as of right now I think he is still alive and well. He might also think he’s away from big brother, but big brother may still control him through his “people”. So, I believe Winston is not dead physically, but mentally he is dead from his little town.