1984 Part 3

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Summary of part 3:

 Winston wakes up in a windowless cell without any memory of the past couple of days and doesn't know if he has even eaten by then. In the room that he assumes is the ministry of love, he is surrounded by four telescreens. He feels pain due to his hunger but can't find any kind of food with him. Surrounding the room, the party guards are quiet while the prisoners are loud. Two prisoners enter the room and Winston gets to know about Room 101, which the prisoners will do anything to avoid.``Later, O'Brien comes into the room with a man who will torture him at O'Brien's command. O'Brien interrogates Winston about Oceania in order to prove his loyalty to the Party. Winston thinks that O'Brien can read his mind, and Obrien makes Winston believe in things like 2+2=5 by inflicting pain on him. O'Brien explains the three stages of Winston's' reintegration: learning, understanding, and acceptance. Room 101 will be his entrance into the second stage. Winston realizes OBrien is working for the Party and that the Party wants power for power's sake. 

 Later, Winston wakes up in a much better cell. He feels better with himself as his cell has more facilities and he is getting fed more. He starts working on himself to be better; but then one day wakes up calling out for Julia. Winston's emotion's betrayal brings OBrien to him, and Obrien tells him that Winston might be getting better mentally and physically but he's still at loss emotionally. Winston then tells Obrien he loves Julia and hates him, and Obrien sends him into Room 101.

 Winston's torture in Room 101 was rats. If the cage of rats in front of him were to open, they would attack his face. Winston was deadly afraid of these rats, so at the last moment, Winston surrenders Julia to O'brien to save himself. 

 Afterward, Winston finds himself free and in the Chestnut Tree Cafe, drinking unlimited Victory Gin. He has a much better life now financially, and he meets up with Julia one day. They both confess to each other that they betrayed each other and decide that they can't feel the same about each other after that. With that, Winston realizes that he has lost the war against Big Brother and also himself.  
Major theme: Manipulation

 The recurring theme throughout this part was the process of manipulation carried out by the Party on Winston. Starting with a physically repressive environment, the threats of taking him into Room 101 and O'Brien's betrayal to him were the main ways Winston had been manipulated in this section.
Literary Devices:

 Foreshadowing: Winston's torture threats in Room 101 were foreshadowed by the pleading of the prisoner that came into Winston's cell and was pleading to not be taken into Room 101. 

 Irony: Winston met Parson, who has been snitched out by his own children for committing Thoughtcrime, and he is happy about it. 

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