O'Brien and Winston are in prison together. O'Brien offers to answer questions and Winston asks about Julia. O'Brien tells him that Julia betrayed him immediately. Winston asks if Big Brother exists in the same way that he himself does, and O'Brien tells him that Winston doesn't exist. Winston asks about Brotherhood and O'Brien responds that Winston will never know the answer to that question. Winston asks what waits in room 101, and O'Brien tell him that everyone knows what waits there.
Winston gets to go into a more comfortable room where he dreams of Julia, his mother, and O'Brien in the golden country. He thinks to himself that it was foolish of him to go against the Party and tries to make himself believe Party slogans "Freedom is Slavery, Two and Two are Five, and God is Power."
I think that this novel in a way can be a warning to readers about totalitarianism. The control of the Party's ability to control the minds of the people.
Impact
12 years ago
I agree with you in that this novel does become a warning against that particular type of government. Yet in the end Winston himself even gave in. So will we ever take the warnings?
ReplyDeleteGood blog really in depth sounds like you got in to this book. I have to say that I agree with you statement because it is scary that he gave in. I feel like we all give into the government to day and that they are gaining a lot of power.
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