Part Three- V

Winston is still captive but he finds that he is no longer tortured as extensively, seems to get regular interval meals, and his physique has improved. He also finds out that the party had been watching him for a long time and gathering information about him. After some time of this treatment O’Brian comes for him one day and takes him to the mysterious room 101. O’Brian tells Winston that in room 101 everyone is confronted with their deepest fear. Winston’s deepest fear is rats. They put a cage over his head it has a gate which separates the rats from his face. O’Brian slowly goes to open the gate and before he does Winston betrays Julia. His fear for the rats is greater than his love for Julia so he tells O’Brian to let the rats eat her instead of him. He would rather have Julia be devoured by the rats than to take the punishment himself. It is because Winston betrays Julia that he does not open the gate and let the rats eat him.