Did You Think Winston Died In 1984?

Finally, someone who interpreted it the way I did! It seems like everyone I've talked to either said the ending was stupid, they didn't get it, or it was boring, and most people hold to the idea that he wasn't killed. I disagree. I don't think the bullet entering his brain was a literal bullet, but I do think it has the potential to be literal, depending on how one interprets the paragraph. For me, the last line in the book, "He loved Big Brother," is the part that that makes me think he was killed.I think the book ends with "He loved Big Brother" because Winston himself ends when "he loves Big Brother". If you remember, there was a part explaining how it's not beneficial for the Party to kill people who hate Big Brother, because those people would be martyrs. Martyrs make people think they make people question the events surrounding the death and the Party can't have that. They can't have the other people looking up to,or fighting for the same reasons as the martyrs,and so the Party detains the prisoners for the extent that is necessary until the prisoner is broken. Once he or she loves Big Brother, truly loves him, then he or she is no longer a threat to the established order and can be disposed of.Once Winston truly loved Big Brother,they killed him.So I believed that he wasn’t killed in 1984 so everyone stop telling lies please and thank you !!!..