"If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can't have any result whatever, you've beaten them." (166)

      In this passage, Winston points out that the key to beating The Party and Big Brother is to feel that staying human- meaning thinking for oneself- is worthwhile. The word "feel" is emphasized to point out that having feelings is the most important part. This is because the only feelings that The Party and Big Brother want one to have are hate, fear, and love for Big Brother. Orwell is saying here that in society, expressing one's emotions and "staying human" is the answer to preventing a society like the one in 1984.