who openly defied and renounced fascist and communist governments, Koestler was imprisoned for his actions (Meyers 114). "The name Winston was drawn from the famous military and civil leader Winston Churchill" (Gardner 118). By alluding to the great British hero who single-handedly defied Adolph Hitler, an infamous totalitarian dictator, Orwell is trying to convey the potential that Winston and all people have for greatness and heroics in the face of oppression (Gardner 118). Orwell demonstrates that governments based on lies, fear, and oppression are so weak that it only takes one determined and resourceful person to destroy them. Winston's job is to alter and destroy documents
             that conflict with Party teachings. Once, Winston is asked to destroy a photograph that shows "concrete, unmistakable, evidence of falsification" of the past (Orwell 64). The photograph shows three men accused of treason: Jones, Aronson, and Rutherford, in a different place at the time they supposedly committed their crimes. Instead of wielding this great power he was dealt, the power to "blow the party to atoms" (Orwell 67), Winston instead reverts to the qualities espoused by his last name, and destroys the photograph. Smith is meant to symbolize the commonality and conformity of Winston (Gard
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