The Room 101 is the most disturbing setting described in 1984.
"Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world," says O'Brien.
Room 101 is a torture chamber in the Ministry of Love in which a prisoner is subjected to his or her own worst nightmare or greatest fear. The nightmare—and therefore the threatened punishment—of Winston is to be attacked by rats.
Before the prisoners are summoned to that notorious room, they stay in a cell where they should not move one bit; they are constantly viewed by the telescreens, which are on the every side of the walls. Even if they move their hands slightly, a loud voice comes out from the telescreen, commanding them to spot their movements.
Everyone in the Room starves. No food is given, but constant beatings and tortures are always waiting for the prisoners. It is the place where "there is neither darkness nor light." People wait unconsciously for their death to come in the near future. They are hopeless, just hopeless.
I thought how miserable it would be to live in a place where I cannot do, eat, and say whatever I want and am inspected by a person whom I have never met. I am so proud of Winston who managed to survive from this intolerable situation.
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It is nice that Winston survived that harsh environment, but maybe O'Brien let him live on purpose. Because remember, O'Brien said something like how the people must follow and love Big Brother before they would die eventually. Winston wished he were dead, but O'Brien didn't let him die, because he wanted to brainwash people to follow the party before dying, so they(the party) can stay in absolute control with no backstabs.Also, even though Winston survived, his character and real personality didn't survive, and died withing the Ministry of Love. Because when he came out of that horrible place, he wasn't what he used to be anymore. He actually loved Big Brother and thought that the pary was correct. His morals totally changed after his incidents at the Ministry. To be honest, I'm not really proud of Winston surviving only physically;;^^
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