Syme was eliminated by the party because he was
intelligent. The author says,
“One of these days, thought Winston with deep
conviction, Syme will be vaporized. He is too intelligent, he sees too clearly and
plainly. The party does not like such people. One day he will
disappear…”
After a while,
Syme went missing and Winston was sure that Syme had been vaporized because not only did
he fail to show up at work, but his name was also missing in the chess committee list of
which he was part. After O’Brien cunningly affirms the belief of Winston and Julia in
the brotherhood and its founder, the two pledge their allegiance to the Brotherhood and
state that they would go to any length to advance the course of the Brotherhood in
fighting the Party, even commit murder and suicide. O’Brien, who was an inner party
member, cautioned them that if the Thought Police found them out the Brotherhood would
not intervene and they would have to face the inevitable consequence. In the end after
their release from the Ministry of Love, Winston awaits the bullet that will extinguish
him.
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