In this chapter, I feel that Winston just wanted to live a normal life and that he couldn't take being a rebel anymore. The fact that he was willing to allow Julia to take the torture rather than him shows that he doesn't want to deal with the pain and will just submit to make it stop. I feel like the message behind this story is that no matter how much you want to rebel, there will always be a force that will make you submit to their will. But I don't necessarily believe that because if someone is steadfast on something, then they will be willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that they get what they want or to make themselves known
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Book Three Chapter 5
In Book Three Chapter Five, O'Brien strapped Winston to a chair and then clamped Winston's head so that he could not move. He had told Winston that Room 101 contains "the worst thing in the world." He reminded Winston of his worst nightmare, which was being i a dark place with something terrible on the other side of the wall, which just so happens to be rats. O'Brien picked up the cage of enormous, squirming rats and placed it near Winston. He said that when he presses a lever, the door will slide up and the rats will jump onto Winston's face and eat it. With the rats only inches away from his face, Winston cracked and he screamed to O'Brien that he wanted to subject Julia to the torture rather than him. O'Brien, satisfied by the betrayal, removed the cage away from him.
Monday, April 17, 2017
Book 3 Chapter 3 and 4
In chapter three, after weeks of interrogation and torture, O'Brien tells Winston about the Party's motives. Winston speculates that the Party rules the proles for their own good. O'Brien tortures him for this answer, saying that the Party's only goal is absolute, endless, and limitless power. Winston argues that the Party cannot alter the stars or the universe; O'Brien answers that it could if it needed to because the only reality that matters is the human mind, which the Party controls. O'Brien then forces Winston to look in a mirror. Winston then sees that he has completely deteriorated and looks gray and skeletal. Winston begins to wep and blames O'Brien for his condition. O'Brien replies that Winston knew what would happen the moment he began diary. O'Brien then acknowledges the fact that Winston has held out by not betraying Julia, and Winston then feels overwhelmed with love and gratitude toward O'Brien for recognizing his strength. However, O'Brien tells Winston not to worry, as he will soon be cured. O'Brien then notes that it doesn't matter, since, in the end, everyone is a shot anyhow.
In chapter four, after some time, Winston is transferred to a more comfortable room and the torture eases. He dreams contently of Julia, his mother, and O'Brien in the Golden Country. He gains weight and is allowed to write on a small slate. He comes to the conclusion that he was foolish to oppose the party alone, and tries to make himself believe in Party slogans. He writes on his slate "FREEDOM IS SLAVERY," "TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE," and "GOD IS POWER."
One day, in a sudden passionate fit of misery, Winston screams out Julia's name many times, terrifying himself. Though he knows that crying out in this way will lead O'Brien to torture him, he realizes his deep desire to continue hating the Party. He tries to bottle up his hatred so that even he will not recognize it. Therefore, when the Party kills him, he will die hating Big Brother which would be a personal victory for him. But he cannot hide his feelings. When O'Brien arrives with the guards, he tells O'Brien that he hates Big Brother. O'Brien then replies that obeying Big Brother is not sufficient and that Winston must learn to love him. After that statement O'Brien instructs the guards to take Winston to room 101
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Book Three Chapter 2
In chapter two of Book Three, O'Brien oversees Winston's prolonged torture sessions. O'Brien then tells Winston that his crime was refusing to accept the Party's control of history and his memory. As O'Brien increases the pain, Winston agrees to accept that O'Brien is holding up five fingers, though he knows that O'Brien is actually holding up only four; he agrees that anything O'Brien wants him to believe is true. He begins to love O'Brien, because O'Brien stops the pain; he even convinces himself that O'Brien isn't the source of the pain. O'Brien then tells Winston that Winston's current outlook is insane, and that torture will cure him
Book Three Chapter 1
Chapter one of Book Three is an alright chapter. In a nutshell... Winston sits in a bright, bare cell in which the lights are always on. He had been transferred there from a holding cell in which a huge prole woman who shares the last name Smith wonders if she is Winston's mother. In his solitary cell, Winston starts to lose it and he imagines being beaten down by the guards.
Also in this chapter, Winston hopes that the Brotherhood will send him a razor blade so that he can commit suicide. After Winston sees O'Brien, O'Brien reveals himself to be a part of the Ministry. After Winston realizes this, a guard smashes his elbow and he then thinks that there is no one who could become a hero in the face of physical pain because it is too much to endure.
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