In order to get the answer to this, just look above the
line that you quote to us. If you look there, you will see that Winston is referring to
his job. He is talking about how the Party takes the past and changes it. Here is the
quote you are looking for:
The immediate advantages of falsifying the past
were obvious, but the ultimate motive was mysterious. He took up his pen again and
wrote:
I understand HOW: I do not understand
WHY.
Winston wonders this
when he finds the picture of those three guys in a situation that totally makes a lie
out of the Party's official history. He wonders why the Party would go to such lengths
(paying him and so many others like him) to tell lies about the
past.
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