1984 is Winston the good guy?

[softball336]

I don't see complete heros or bad guys in 1984. I sympathized with Winston, but he was a hero to no one. He didn't end up fighting for what he believed in and was stopped before he possibly could. The only brave thing that Winston did was think things. O'Brien was the "bad guy", but what did he do wrong? He was taught to act this way and was only doing what he was supposed to do in this world that was warped, but was the only world he knew.

[crisaor]

O'Brien was the "bad guy", but what did he do wrong? He was taught to act this way and was only doing what he was supposed to do in this world that was warped, but was the only world he knew.

So, in other words, if it's the only thing you know, you're entitled to impose horrors upon humanity? I dread at your perception of the world.