Ultimate Fear In George Orwell's '1984'

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1. The reason for bringing people to the Ministry of Love is because they have committed thought crime. People who do so are then tortured and punished until they embrace and follow the law of the government. What happens when people are brought to the Ministry of Love is that they use it to discover the greatest fears of the criminals.
2. The purpose of this chapter is that it reveals Winston's ultimate fear. Winston was tortured, punished, then finally broken down. We was sent to a room where he faced his ultimate fear and they do that as the final step of the process. They altered the way that he thought and was no longer his own person.
3. The purpose of the Party is that power and nothing but it. He reveals that the Party is entirely

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