Well isn't this precious

"At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid" (109).

This quote, along with what actually has happened in the book shows possible one of the main themes. Human's need to love/have another person in their life. This is not only shown by this quote but also when Winston is contemplating suicide that quickly changes when the brown haired chick gives him a note saying she loves him. Touching I know. Back to the point though, even though Winston doesn't directly say that is why he decides not to commit suicide it is painfully obvious. The novel depicts a government that has basically taken away all human emotion and therefore all human relationships. We haven't heard of anyone actually dying, it seems like everyone gets vaporized before they have the chance to die and the people aren't even aloud to talk about it! Winston also points out that he thinks the proles are the most human like out of anyone. Why is this? Simple, they still possess emotions.