Winston And Julia In George Orwell's '1984'

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Winston betrayed Julia by telling O’Brien to have the rats eat Julia and that he didn’t care what happened to her, leaving the reader with the idea that Winston no longer cares for Julia. Winston has a very difficult time with the torturing he has endured. He begins to confess to many crimes. He is whiling to say anything to make the pain stop. After some time, Winston is transferred to a more comfortable room and the torture eases.
“FREEDOM IS SLAVERY,” “TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE,” and “GOD IS POWER.”
Winston becomes admit on forcing himself to believe in the party’s policy’s. Some of these events are rather comparable to events that happened in real life like the Holocaust. Often many Jewish prisoners forced themselves to believe in quotes like work will set you free compared to Winston believing freedom is slavery.
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Winston remembers a time when he, his mother, and younger sister were all happy playing Snakes and ladders, but he believes the memory is false. He does not care for torture at this point and becomes hysteric. He screams that he wants O’Brien to subject Julia to this torture instead of him. O’Brien, satisfied by this betrayal, removes the cage. Winston cracks when he is brought to room 101. When O’Brien starts questioning him again Winston blurts out that he’s still loyal to Julia. "Winston had stopped weeping, though the tears were still oozing out of his eyes. Winston states, “But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother”. He has finally come to terms with being one with the

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