Book 3 Chapters 5 & 6: The torture effect

       In book three chapter five O' Brien has Winston in room 101. O' Brien claims that in room 101 they have the worst of the worst which depends on the person and what their biggest fear is. Winston wondering what O' Brien could possibly have to frighten him so much to the point that it is torture is threatened; O' Brien pulls out a cage of hungry vociferous rats and threatens Winston with allowing the rats to eats and gnaw on Winston's face. Knowing from previous times, Winston terrified by rats is almost at breaking point. Winston horrified by the rats being just inches away from his face Winston cracks and screams "do it to Julia" giving out. O' Brien is satisfied with Winston's response to the rats because that betrayal means there is no more private loyalty which leads only to loyalty to the party and Big Brother. 

       In book three chapter six months have passed and Winston is in the Chestnut Tree Cafe where other dismissed party members go to drink victory gin. At this point Winston accepts all of what the party says and all that the party does. Winston remembers a cold bitter day in March of 1985 when he saw Julia again; Julia was stiffened, her physical features where where roughened and the tortured endured had effected her face and more. They had spoken of the mutual betrayal and how torture can impact people to the point of change. They agreed to meet and what not, but they would not continue their relationship. Winston later feels sorrow and cries when he remembers how his life was with his family, his mother and sister. He sits and wonders whether it is true or not and then hears the parties propaganda coming from the telescreen in which now he believes. Memories of the Ministry of Love makes Winston wish to die. Winston looks at the big Image in the telescreen of Big Brother which makes Winston feel joy due to the love he now has for Big Brother. He is happy for achieving victory over the traitor he once was.  

       Everyone has a breaking point that when is found, anything can be taken from that person. Torture can be performed in many ways, some more effective than other but all for the purpose of getting something from the person being tortured. Torture is the use of physical and psychological pain to control the victim or fulfill some needs of the perpetrator. Once somebody is pushed to their breaking point by torture not only can get information out of them but it effects the physiologically from then on. Depending on the extend to which the person was tortured people can be changed as Winston was by O' Brien. According to studies, torture can damage people not only physically but physiologically, which majority of the time leaves permanents scars that change people. Torture can be used as a form to manipulate people due to the physiological damage cause to the individual person.

       This is a boring ending to the book. The party wins and Winston is too weak to even have had a chance to last and succeed in his goal of overthrowing the party with and making the proles see the reality of the party. There is nothing left of Winston to attempt to overthrow or even have the slightest idea of going against the party. Julia is even weaker, from the beginning she had little interest in going against the party and overthrow, she just liked being against the party "from the waist down" as Winston had said. 

Book 3 Chapter 4: The Lie

       Book three chapter four is the climax of the third book. After weeks maybe months of torture the torture eases and Winston begins to gain weight and become stronger. Winston is moved to a more comfortable room and is allowed to write on a small slate. He writes on the slate some of the party slogans: slavery is freedom, two and two make five and even god is power. One night in the middle of a nightmare Winston screams out Julia's name. The guards come for him as O' Brien does too. Winston then realizes his strong and passionate hate for the party. He decided to die hating the party which to him would be a personal victory. Winston looks at O' Brien tells that he hates Big Brother. O' Brien replies that obeying Big Brother is not sufficient, Winston has to learn not just to obey him but to love him. O' Brien then replies to Winston that it is time to go to room 101 and then instructs the guards to take Winston to room 101.
       Living in denial of what one believes never results in anything good. Winston tried to force himself to believe that the party was in the rights and to give in to the party, yet it result in him giving up and deciding to die hating the party. The best one can always do is strive to live life as one desires it. Trying to live life a lie will end bad and will not be accomplished. The easiest way to live is believing what you want and living up to your own expectative. Lies only last so long before sooner or later they are discovered and come to be noticed. No matter how small the lie is in the end of the day it is a lie and lies can only be told so many times before they do not match. Torture made the best of Winston and forced Winston to desire a way out which included lying to stop the pain, but in the end he could not lie and decided to die hating Big Brother.

Book 3 Chapter 3: The Mind

       In book three chapter three Winston is still being tortured. He is told that he is about to start the second stage or part of the three-stage process of integration which consist of learning, understanding and acceptance. O' Brien and Winston begin to go back and forth in an ongoing discussion in which consist of the patties' power. O' Brien claims that the party has a limitless power in which Winston's response is that he nor the party can alter the stars of the universe. O' Brien beats him or tortures him once again. O' Brien claims that all that is important is the control of the human mind in which is already in place and will continue to be. After that, O' Brien forces Winston the see himself in a mirror; seeing himself looking like a 60-years-old with the grayness, emaciation, and dullness made Winston start to cry. O' Brien recognizes that Winston's last strength is to not betray his love to Julia. In the end O' Brien said that it does not matter in the end because regardless everyone gets shot.
       One small part of the chapter states that all that the party needs is ton control the mind and it is already successful in that. It might sound false or some what weird, but it is completely true. As a Chinese proverb says "Sow a thought and reap an act; Sow an act and reap a habit; Sow a habit and reap a character; Sow a character and reap a destiny." The latter Chinese prover captures the power of our thinking and how it can shape someones lives. The thing is that every decision made, every step taken and every action taken is first processed through the brain. The brain is something so small yet is what triggers all of the choices made. The brain controls and triggers all the responses that the body makes along with all the actions that you perform on a daily basis. Therefore if someone can find a way to control what people thing and how understand things, then they can control every action that they take.

Book 3 Chapter 2: The Torture

       In the second chapter of book three, Winston begins to "love" O' Brien and says everything that O' Brien tells him to say, as well as agreeing to believe anything that O' Brien desires hime to believe. Winston a sort of puppet that O' Brien controls to do as he pleases. Winston begins to like O' Brien because he is ceasing the pain to the point where Winston believes that O' Brien is not the reason why he is going through all the pain. O' Brien begins to tell Winston of the party and allows Winston to ask any questions that he desires. Winston asks about Julia, whom O' Brien says betrayed him from the start. He asks about Big Brother and is told that Big Brother does not exist, as he does not exist. The last question Winston asked has to do with room 101 which O' Brien claimed that everyone know what happens in room 101.
       Winston is beginning to feel to confident and is trusting to much in O' Brien. Winston is weak and O' Brien is using that to his advantage to assure to push Winston to his weakest point. Winston is tortured in many way which makes his confess to a long list of crimes. Winston is told by O' Brien that the reason why he is being held and tortures id none other than refusing to accept the party's control. The party want full control of the people and Winston did many crimes which were against those of the party's desire. Winston is being tortured by a back-bone stretching machine that tends to break back bones as well as erase memories and brainwash people. Therefore Winston is being brainwashed to the point where he is becoming a mere puppet to the party and changing his ideas.
       I find this chapter pretty interesting due to the torture. The chapter keeps a good balance of information as well as the details and suspense that is created by the torture. Winston's torture hasn't come to an end, it is just beginning, there is much more left up O' Brien's sleeve.

Book 3 Chapter1: The Cell

       In this chapter, being the beginning of the third book begins with the imprisonment of Winston. In this cell a huge woman questions whether she is Winston's mother. Winston worries that he will get beat by the captor and that he will fail to protect Julia and give her in. A poet os thrown to jail and end up getting pulled out to get sent to room 101 which is a place known for its unspeakable terrors. In this chapter we also learn the Mr. Parson is turned in bye his own children for thought crime. When O' Brien walks in to the cell Winston is surprised, he first thinks that O' Brien got caught too. O' Brien says that Winston has ben an operative doing that crime all along, to which Winston agrees and confesses to. As a result Winston's elbow is smashes by a guard which makes Winston open his eyes to the reality that he won't be a hero in this occasion and will not be able to save Julia.
       Winston is blind to reality. He fell blindly into the belief that O' Brien is a friend of his who has the same beliefs as him. Everyone goes through hard times in which they are blinded by the confusion of why they have to go through those hard times. Winston is just an example of the struggle in which people go through. Winston is going through hard times where he is realizing that he has to confront his consequences for his choices. He want to be a hero and attempt to stay strong to protect Julia but realizes that he won't be able to withstand the physical pain that will be inflicted on him. Winston is in a state of confusion and feels helpless. Winston feel the need to accept and confess his crimes to make it easier for him to withstand the pain.
       I find this chapter overall boring, this chapter focuses mainly on the event going on around Winston in the cell. The chapter would have been much better if it included more detail on the room 101 or on all the pain that Winston is feeling, rather than so much focus on how Winston feels emotionally.