EN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 57: Fatalism, Telescreen, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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After some time, winston is transferred to a more comfortable room and the torture eases. He dreams contently of julia, his mother, and o"brien in the. He gains weight and is allowed to write on a small slate. He comes to the conclusion that he was foolish to oppose the party alone, and tries to make himself believe in party slogans. He writes on his slate freedom is slavery, two and two make five, and god. One day, in a sudden, passionate fit of misery, winston screams out julia"s name many times, terrifying himself. Though he knows that crying out in this way will lead o"brien to torture him, he realizes his deep desire to continue hating the party. He tries to bottle up his hatred so that even he will not recognize it. Therefore, when the party kills him, he will die hating big. When o"brien arrives with the guards, winston tells him that he hates big brother.
