1. Who is brought into the cell with Winston while he is held in the Ministry of Love? Why does he think he is there?
2. Who is brought into the cell next and why? Who denounced him? How does he feel about his own arrest?
3. What is your impression of Room 101? What do you think happens there?
4. What is happening to Winston in chapter 2?
5. What does O’Brien tell Winston about Big Brother, the Party, and the Brotherhood?
6. Do you think Julia really betrayed Winston?
Jefferson Ye
ReplyDelete1. A poet named Ampleforth, who worked at the Ministry of Truth. He was arrested for failing to censor out the word "God" from a piece of poetry. IT is his job to ensure that all pieces of literature are rewritten to praise Big Brother and the party.
2. Parson is the next person brought in. His own daughter denounced him for saying dissent against Big Brother in his sleep. Parson is actually glad that his daughter denounced him, as he sees himself as a threat against Big Brother, someone that he is loyal to.
3. Room 101 appears to be a final room for the people at the Ministry of Love, and serves to completely brainwash the people who are victims of it.
4. Winston is tortured by O'Brien while being told that his very ways of thinking are flawed. This causes Winston to doubt what is real and what is fake, allowing the party to ever strongly grasp onto his mind and thoughts.
5. That the party and Big Brother wields absolute control over the entire population. That it doesn't matter what is actually true, since the party has control over the population's minds, which is what truly matters.
6. It doesn't ultimately matter in the end. As the party achieved the goal of brainwashing Winston into loving Big Brother. Room 101 was able to bring Winston to his absolute breaking point, and to fully absolve his love for Julia and anything else besides Big Brother.
4. During chapter 2, Winston is strapped down and tortured. O'Brien was trying to get Winston to the point of believing that thoughts could be interchangeable to whatever Big Brother wanted them to believe. He held up 4 fingers at one point and continuously tortured Winston wanting him to state there were 5 fingers being held up. This puts Winston at a state of confusion and doubt.
ReplyDeleteThis also symbolizes the Party's lust for total control over its people, even their minds
Delete5. He told him that Big Brother and the Party will and should be in total control of all, and that he will never know if the brotherhood exists.
ReplyDeleteNick Choi
ReplyDelete2. The second person brought into the cell was Parsons, who was a worker at the Ministry of truth alongside Winston. His own daughter had denounced him for saying "Down with Big Brother". By taking his words only, he is happy about the arrest as he says it is making him a better citizens by being punished for what he said as he believes he will learn in the future to not do so. However, I sense a tone of sarcasm in his voice as he says things that are bad but tries to pass it by with a positive notion. For example, saying that he might get five years or even ten years in the labor camp because he works really well and will learn better from his mistake. Or even being super proud of his daughter for turning him in instead of raising suspicion of considering her as a spy outwardly. He tries to have a very positive vibe for everything which would provoke the reader to see it as sarcasm because no one is truly happy when they are arrested or even worse, going to be sent to Room 101.
Parson, one of Winstons co-workers, is also brought into the cell. His child denounced him for saying "Down with Big Brother" while asleep. Parson is so supportive of the Party that he's happy that he was arrested, and believes that the world will be a better place because of it.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that Parson was convinced that he must have been guilty and that he was glad the Thought Police caught him when they did. This shows how brainwashed this society was. It also shows the lack of emotion if Parson's own daughter was able to turn her father in.
Delete3. Room 101 is where the party tortures people. 101 is always the where basic fundamentals are taught for a class. So the prisoners biggest fears are learned and then they are subjected to them.
ReplyDelete3. Room 101 is a place where the party tortures you with your greatest fears. They poke at every little detail in your life on which you fear. I think they do this to reach your breaking point and get information out of you. No one wants to go in there because they have no idea how the party is going to treat you. As long as you follow the rules and aren't acting in a weird manner, you most likely will never have to go into Room 101.
ReplyDelete6. I think that Julia really did betray Winston. In the end Winston betrayed her so it is likely that the government found a way to use fear to make her talk. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that Julia betrayed her "lover".
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