1984 #3, 4

              In the series of events that occur in the latter part of Part One of the novel, the reader comes to the conclusion that Winston is starting to show signs of wanting to do what he can to investigate the truth of the quality of life before the Revolution and making his statement to the future of London. He continues to write in his diary, each time confessing more dangerous subjects, such as his encounter with a prostitute. He makes an attempt to talk to an old man about his experiences before the war and Big Brother, but with little luck. He then makes the risky move of entering the antique shop where he purchased his diary, and even at one point imagines himself living in the upstairs room, without a telescreen and with more freedoms in life. His loosening up indicates to the reader the importance of the diary and the depth of rebellion Winston will reach, if successful, by the end of the novel.
               Similarly, Winston is able to assess the qualities in a Party member that are sought after by Big Brother: "Orthodoxy is unconsciousness" (53). With the steady decline of words in the Newspeak dictionary, Syme adds that "'In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it'"(52). He gives the example of the word 'good'. Because Newspeak uses 'plusgood' and 'superplusgood' to mean anything exceptional or fantastic, and anything bad as 'ungood', the people are left with only the adjective 'good'. Every other word used in Oldspeak is made permanently nonexistent. Newspeak acts as the ultimate control method used by Big Brother on the people, for eventually there will be so few words known to all that expression is difficult, practically rendering them speechless.
              Therefore, Winston feels the need to fulfill his own quota of protest by writing his diary. He must leave behind a portion of the reality before even his mind is consumed with lies. He also writes: "If there is hope it lies in the proles" (69). He realizes they hold the most thought and action freedom, and have the potential to overthrow the dictatorship. Before the end of the novel, Winston will have somehow managed to make some sort of anti-Party statement.