Winston, was in the early days of the book weak, cowardly, and misunderstood by most of the other characters in the novel, but he was also and always have been, curious and very observant. His devotion to find the truth has lead him to risk the lives of many others, including his own. But this did not stop him, as any other main protagonist, he keep his fight and even put faith into those who were weaker then himself, to someday overthrow the Party. Even though the odds were always stacked against him. The desire to reveal what the Party's main goal was lead Winston to join the 'Brotherhood', which was created by the Party and masked in secrecy and was said to be against the Party itself. Winston went through severe questioning and torture in order to prove loyalty until death to the Brotherhood, which was actually the Party. The book Winston had read also has no value whatsoever other than committing another thought-crime.