1984

What was tragic about winstons mothers death

Chapter 2

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Winston's mother was sacrificing everything for Winston. She was willingly dying so that Winston could survive. In this memory, he feels sad because he knows that somehow she has given up her life and that of his sisters for him. He thinks of her death as a tragedy - impossible in current times, because she died loving him and giving herself up to a personal loyalty that current Party rule would never allow.