What is winstons dream about his mother?

He dreams about his mother holding his baby sister and gradually sinking into water beneath him. He does not fully understand the dream, but he feels that she must have sacrificed herself to save him.

Winnston dreams about his last few moments with his mother. He sees her face, and he sees the way she looked after her father left them. He envisions the betrayal in her eyes, and he dreams of how hard it was when they were left alone to struggle. Winston also remembers a dream he had in which his mother was gazing out at him from a sinking ship.