The final frame

摘要

THE NEXT-TO-LAST thought to pass through Winston Smith's mind was that it was like the end of Bonnie and Clyde. He felt no pain as he was buffeted by the bullets. He watched his own body twist and turn under their impact. The very last thought seemed to come from somewhere else. He was above his own corpse, looking down at it. No, it wasn't Bonnie and Clyde. It was a line from Rattigan's Ross. It's a joke. Not the kind you laugh at. Just a joke.'