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.