1984-October 7th, 2008

In this weeks reading, we start off with Winston captured and in a cell with high white walls with no ceilings, what he thinks to be Ministry of Love. It is a place where many people are held and tortured-both physically and mentally-until the facts about their crimes come out of the mouths' of the convicted persons. There is never darkness in the Ministry of Love, which is ironic because really the only thing that ever happens here is torture.

Many people come and go out of the cell before Winston is even looked at to be taken, such as Parsons. He was turned in by his daughter for saying, "Down with Big Brother!" He is proud of her for turning him in!! These people are so brainwashed that they don't realize they are being punished for seemingly ridiculous things, like ThoughtCrime.

During the torture of Winston, it seemed shockingly similar to the Concentration Camps of Nazi Germany. The acid baths that the Germans forced the prisoners to take, the inhumane experiments, and the lack of food all seem similar to the torture of ThoughtCrime criminals. Electrocution was similar to an acid bath and an experiment at the same time. They know it's torture, but they really don't know how powerful it has to be to kill, so it is kind of different for everyone.

Also, now that I am through the chapters, I think that the white walls symbolize the cleansing of the inmates (in the idea of the Party), they just leave them human-less.