Winston Smith. Hero, Everyday Man, or Criminal?

Winston Smith is an unconventional hero in that he is utterly defeated by the novel's end. I suppose in those regards he could be considered an average man trying to become a hero but ultimatley fails. He is a hero in the sense that we, the readers, are routing for him to find a way to commit thought crime and acts against the party. We want him to be successful in starting a revolution, so throughout the story his attempt at being the hero is valid even if the attempt fails in the end. His heroism is heartfelt, not out of false notions of rebellion for the sake of power and glory. He tried to overcome something bigger than himself and it became too much for one person to take on alone. It is an unconventional story in the sense that the hero loses, but I think that was the point Orwell was making. In those regards I think that he becomes a hero in some sense, but in the end he ends up being an everyday person that the government was able to discard because they were so powerful. Winston Smith, is definitely an unconventional hero, for he is a man of a high class, with a tragic flaw, that sparks his downfall in the end.