What similarities can be seen through the human experiences in Orwell's 1984 and the poem "The Lesson of the Moth" by Don Marquis?

In both 1984 and "The Lesson of the Moth," there is a desire to find the beauty in life instead of simply living a long time.
In 1984, Winston Smith decides to deviate from the mandates of Big Brother and pursues an illegal love affair with Julia. In this, he finds beauty that he didn't know existed, but he becomes increasingly certain that his thought crimes and crimes of passion will eventually lead to his own demise. He feelings are similar to the moth in these lines:

it is better to be happyfor a momentand be burned up with beautythan to live a long timeand be bored all the while

Winston Smith is also just an ordinary guy. His last name is the most common in the English language, and he posses no extraordinary powers. He smokes, doesn't enjoy exercise, and mindlessly follows his boss (in the beginning). This is much the same as a moth. It is common, not as beautiful as a butterfly. Yet both of these common, ordinary creatures find the desire to seek more in the world around them.
Winston realizes his own quest in these lines:

The terrible thing that the Party had done was to persuade you that mere impulses, mere feelings, were of no account, while at the same time robbing you of all power over the material world. When once you were in the grip of the Party, what you felt or did not feel, what you did or refrained from doing, made literally no difference.

Winston wants more. He wants to control his own thoughts and to find his own beauty in the world. He wants to truly feel and experience the world around him. The moth experiences similar thoughts in his contemplation of flying into a fire:

we get bored with the routineand crave beauty and excitementfire is beautifuland we know that if we gettoo close it will kill us

Both Winston and the moth long for the power to choose. They long for the excitement of life, even if it brings them to their deaths. While the moth is destined for a literal fire, Winston's symbolic fire is Big Brother.
Simply put, both Winston and the moth are willing to risk everything to live life on their own terms and to try to find joy in the journey.