The opposite happened and Winstom gave in to the Party. Eventually, what started as hatred towards Big Brother turned into love and infatuation for it. The beginning of the novel depicted Winston as a rebel. He wrote his hatred towards Big Brother in a diary where he was often "seized by a sort of hysteria". He wrote that the party "would shoot me to death, I don't care, they'll shoot me in the back of the head, I don't care, with the older brother" (19). Winston's not-so-secret dissatisfaction with the Party was exposed, and finally, after months, days, or even years of manipulation by the Party, “he had won victory over himself. He loved Big Brother” (298). Winston's drastic evolution is the clearest example of a government capable of having complete power over the people. Winston had the strongest hatred towards the Party, meaning it was the most corrupt and the most difficult to fix in the eyes of the government. In reality, such strong feelings are likely to have an effect, but in 1984 the government had brainwashing powers strong enough to finally get to Winston, suppressing his feelings and gaining complete control over