Part Three- III

Winston has been in this place for an unknown amount of time. He has been tortured extensively, however he has learned that if he gives the right answers he won’t be hurt. He makes progress and goes through some sessions without being hurt. O’Brian thinks that he has completed the first phase of his treatment and can move on to the second. O’Brian mentions that there are three phases learning, Understanding, and acceptance. Winston learns the O’Brian and others wrote the book that Winston thought was written by Goldstein. O’Brian and Winston argue about power, control over people, how and why the party functions the way it does. O’Brian explains that by controlling the human mind they control reality. Winston still has hope that one day they party will be defeated by the people. O’Brian says that the only image of the future for mankind is a boot smashing a face. Winston then gets to see himself in a long time and thinks that he is looking at someone else for a second. He finds his current condition repulsive and thinks that it was the party and O’Brian who did it to him. But O’Brian says that it was he who brought it upon himself when he started his diary and his relationship with Julia. Winston tells O’Brian that he has still not betrayed Julia. Winston comments that he just wants o be shot and O’Brian responds that he will be treated then eventually shot.