A dystopian society mired in totalitarianism and propaganda is found in George Orwell’s cautionary novel 1984. A very few important things to acknowledge is Winston's character contributing to his downfall. Also the technology affecting the party’s ability to control its citizens and the whole meaning of room 101. Winston’s character has gone through a major change from the beginning to the end of the novel. Technology plays an important role to control its citizens. Also, the room 101 is another factor being used for this dystopian world. Throughout the beginning of the novel Winston feels an abject sense of revulsion and hopelessness towards Big Brother. Winston spent his days in a nihilistic form by tossing his hypothetical ideas by a riot.
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Winstons role makes it frightening, and brings curiosity with what is held inside the room. “They can’t get inside you. She had said. But they could get inside you. What happens to you here is forever, O’Brien had said. That was a true word. There were things, your own acts, from which you could not recover. Something was killed in your breast; burnt out, cauterised out.” The room is a great example to get anything from them by using fear. Inside the room one a person goes in there's no time going back to your old self. The symbolism that the cage of rats represents is being weak on the inside. Winston throughout the novel had always hated the party and was willingly to do anything to destroy the party. However at the end of the novel this big fear he has had broken his rebellious spirit. He wasn’t strong enough to fight of his fear and bring down the party, other than giving up. “I hate him. You hate him. Good. Then the time has come for you to take the last step. You must love Big Brother. It is not enough to obey him; you must love him. He released Winston with a little push toward the guards. Room 101, he said.” Winston had allowed them to get inside him because of his fear, the party used that as a weapon to break him into pieces. Room is described like the most terrible thing that breaks an individual into pieces. “Varies from individual to individual. It may be burial alive, or death by fire, or by drowning, or by impalement, or fifty other deaths. There are cases where it is some quite trivial thing, not even
Winstons role makes it frightening, and brings curiosity with what is held inside the room. “They can’t get inside you. She had said. But they could get inside you. What happens to you here is forever, O’Brien had said. That was a true word. There were things, your own acts, from which you could not recover. Something was killed in your breast; burnt out, cauterised out.” The room is a great example to get anything from them by using fear. Inside the room one a person goes in there's no time going back to your old self. The symbolism that the cage of rats represents is being weak on the inside. Winston throughout the novel had always hated the party and was willingly to do anything to destroy the party. However at the end of the novel this big fear he has had broken his rebellious spirit. He wasn’t strong enough to fight of his fear and bring down the party, other than giving up. “I hate him. You hate him. Good. Then the time has come for you to take the last step. You must love Big Brother. It is not enough to obey him; you must love him. He released Winston with a little push toward the guards. Room 101, he said.” Winston had allowed them to get inside him because of his fear, the party used that as a weapon to break him into pieces. Room is described like the most terrible thing that breaks an individual into pieces. “Varies from individual to individual. It may be burial alive, or death by fire, or by drowning, or by impalement, or fifty other deaths. There are cases where it is some quite trivial thing, not even