Beth answers “Why didn't they kill Smith? I was waiting...”

Adam asked this question about 1984:

Why didn't they kill Smith? I was waiting through the whole part when he was in the Ministry of Love that they would kill him like they did with others through the time. I thought that they killed the people that the Thought Police caught: they confessed and they killed them. So when he was released I was really surprised. Can someone explain me it?

Beth I think he does get killed at the very end paragraph, he's in the Chestnut Tree cafe where previous traitors have been seen shortly before they have b…moreI think he does get killed at the very end paragraph, he's in the Chestnut Tree cafe where previous traitors have been seen shortly before they have been executed. The reason they released him back into society was because his spirit was broken and he couldn't influence anyone to hate the party anymore and is therefore not a threat... They kill people after a year so that these traitors aren't kill as martyrs, because if they did die as martyrs, history will remember them as good people who fought for what they believed in and it would make the party look bad. Winston died unnoticed and loving Big Brother which was the best result for the government, who will not tolerate any dissension to themselves.(less)

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