SBA Journal #5
1984 by George Orwell
THE TORTURE
SETTING: The play takes place in the 1984 in a cell, Room 101. STAGE LEFT is one telescreen and a door. CENTER STAGE is a camp bed, just big enough to lie on. STAGE RIGHT is another telescreen and a lavatory pan. Concealed lamps are hanging from the prop bar.
LIGHTS UP: Winston Smith is fixed on the camp bed and cannot move. O’Brien stands by his side. A male in a white gown, carrying a hypodermic needle stands on the other side. Five men in black kick his belly, his limbs, his ribs simultaneously. O’ Brien switches on the electroconvulsive shock device.
O’ Brien: Don’t be afraid Winston, I’m here to save you, and make you perfect.
Winston: (with a quivering voice) Yes.
O’Brien: (draw back the lever on the dial) I have the power to hurt you at any moment and to …show more content…
Repeat it please.
Winston: (repeats as ordered) Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.
O’Brien: (fiercely) In your opinion, does the past have real existence?
Winston stared at the dial and remained in silence. A shiver runs down his spine.
O’Brien: (an annoying face) Does the past exists concretely on earth?
Winston: (muttering) The past exists in records and … in human memories.
O’Brien: Great! The Party checks all records, and we regulate all memories, then we control the past, don’t we?
Winston: (in rage) How can you stop us from remembering things? It is totally involuntary. Even though you have controlled all other’s mind, you can’t control mine.
O’Brien: It is impossible to see the reality except from the eyes of the Party. This is a truth that you have to learn, Winston. Can you still recall, in your diary, you defined freedom as the right to say that four plus four equals four?
Winston: (firmly) Yes.
O’Brien: (extend four finger out) What if the Party says this is five but not four? Is this still four?
Winston: This is
1984 by George Orwell
THE TORTURE
SETTING: The play takes place in the 1984 in a cell, Room 101. STAGE LEFT is one telescreen and a door. CENTER STAGE is a camp bed, just big enough to lie on. STAGE RIGHT is another telescreen and a lavatory pan. Concealed lamps are hanging from the prop bar.
LIGHTS UP: Winston Smith is fixed on the camp bed and cannot move. O’Brien stands by his side. A male in a white gown, carrying a hypodermic needle stands on the other side. Five men in black kick his belly, his limbs, his ribs simultaneously. O’ Brien switches on the electroconvulsive shock device.
O’ Brien: Don’t be afraid Winston, I’m here to save you, and make you perfect.
Winston: (with a quivering voice) Yes.
O’Brien: (draw back the lever on the dial) I have the power to hurt you at any moment and to …show more content…
Repeat it please.
Winston: (repeats as ordered) Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.
O’Brien: (fiercely) In your opinion, does the past have real existence?
Winston stared at the dial and remained in silence. A shiver runs down his spine.
O’Brien: (an annoying face) Does the past exists concretely on earth?
Winston: (muttering) The past exists in records and … in human memories.
O’Brien: Great! The Party checks all records, and we regulate all memories, then we control the past, don’t we?
Winston: (in rage) How can you stop us from remembering things? It is totally involuntary. Even though you have controlled all other’s mind, you can’t control mine.
O’Brien: It is impossible to see the reality except from the eyes of the Party. This is a truth that you have to learn, Winston. Can you still recall, in your diary, you defined freedom as the right to say that four plus four equals four?
Winston: (firmly) Yes.
O’Brien: (extend four finger out) What if the Party says this is five but not four? Is this still four?
Winston: This is