What does Winstin notice about holding cell in the minstry of love?
It has telescreens on every wall.
Slow, inactive, or lacking energy; mentally or physically sluggish
Torpid
Why doesn't the Party simply kill prisoners?
True power is not destroying enemies, it’s making them stop being enemies at all.
O'Brien: "How does one man assert his power over another?" Winston:
"By making him suffer"
Going into Room 101, Winston still held on to one 'thread' of rebellion, and that is -
He still loved Julia
Why is Ampleforth imprisoned?
For leaving the word “God” in a poem
The act of lowering or humiliating oneself; showing extreme submission or lack of self-worth
Self-abasement
What is O’Brien trying to convince Winston about the past?
The past exists only in the mind of the Party
Explain "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
If you control history, you shape how people understand reality.
To what question does O'Brien tell Winston he will never know the answer?
Does the Brotherhood exist?
How do the common criminals behave compared to the Party prisoners?
Common criminals are loud and rebellious; Party prisoners are silent and terrified
The idea that only one’s own mind is certain to exist, and everything else may not be real
Solipsism
According to O'Brien, what is reason that Party bring people to the Ministry of Love?
To be "cured" or to make them "sane"
How did O'Brien 'correct' Winston's memory of the photograph that proves that Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford were innocent?
O'Brien threw it in a memory hole and said it never existed. (That it was a hallucination.)
The last 2 lines of the novel.
"He had won the victory over himself. He loved big brother"
Why is it not enough that Winston says that O'Brien is holidng up 5 fingers when he's holding up 4?
Because O'Brien knows Winston doesn't truly believe it with his whole heart.
True or false, O'Brien saw every incriminating act Winston did from the very beginning.
True
What was O'Brien's answer to Winston's question, "Does Big Brother exist?"
"Of course he exists." (The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party)
A psychological condition in which a person develops sympathy or emotional attachment to someone who is harming or controlling them
Stockholm Syndrome
What does Parsons’ arrest reveal about family relationships under the Party?
The Party destroys loyalty, even within families
How does O’Brien’s treatment of Winston redefine the idea of “truth” and “reality”?
Truth is not objective but controlled by the Party; reality is whatever the Party says it is.
What are the three stages of Winston's transformation, according to O'Brien?
Learning, Understanding, and Acceptance
A person who suffers or dies for a belief, cause, or principle
Martyr
Where is Winston first taken after his arrest?
A holding cell in the Ministry of Love
What realization does Winston have about torture and heroism?
No one can remain heroic under extreme torture
O'Brien: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a _______forever"
boot stamping on a human face
What was the first question Winston asked O'Brien?
What happened to Julia?
What is inside Room 101 (in general)
The worst thing in the world to the individual
According to O'Brien, what happened to Julia?
She immediately betrayed Winston, and she was converted to a loyal party member.