What is the main idea of this chapter?
Winston has no idea how much time has passed since he was arrested. He has not seen darkness or daylight, and his memories are not continuous: " There had been times when consciousness, even the sort of consciousness that one has in sleep, had stopped dead and started again after a blank interval."
What does"interval"mean?
Broken by the torture, Winston confesses to everything he is accused of: "He confessed to the assassination of eminent Party members, the distribution of seditious pamphlets, embezzlement of public funds, sale of military secrets, sabotage of every kind."
What does"eminent"mean?
Despite being attached to a machine that causes tremendous pain, Winston continues to see four fingers, not five: "The heavy, stern face and the four fingers filled his vision. The fingers stood up before his eyes like pillars, enormous, blurry, and seeming to vibrate, but unmistakably four."
What does"pillars"mean?
O'Brien explains that the goal of the torture is not to make Winston submit, but rather to capture his inner mind, to eliminate all "erroneous" thoughts: "Even in the instant of death we cannot permit any deviation."
What does"deviation"mean?
Winston asks O'Brien whether the Brotherhood exists. What does O'Brien tell him?
Were there any words that you did not know?
You can always list them here.
