Chapter 2 part 3

In this chapter Winston is beaten, tortured and inquisited . O’ Brien intimidates Winston with the dial, used as torturing tool by releasing electric current any time Winston says something insane. O'brien tells Winston the reason why he was torture, the explanation  had nothing to do  with been part of an underground organization, instead it was because he was considered insane. For the party Winston is insane because he recalls events that has never occurred before.

There is a quote in this chapter said by O'brien ( Who controls the present controls the past) here O'brien knows that reality is how the world is while it is controlled by the party. This means that Winston has to mutate how  his mind works by considering facts as insignificant and what the party says as the absolute truth.  Winston in the ministry of love is been cured from all the inaccurate memories he has.  The party makes sure that Winston leaves believing in the party by  asking  him questions such as who is Oceania at war with, how much is 2 plus two. The right answer for two plus two is ( to not know) which was said by Winston for the dial to not go any higher. The reason why the answer is  to not know  is because one day it might be 4 or the next day might be 5 .

We also see how O'brien is an expert using doublethink, when he shows the photograph of Rutherford, Aaronson, and Jones to Winston he says that the photograph never existed even though he had held it in his hands a few seconds ago. Winston says he saw the photograph and it did existed since it was in his memory but that believe has to be annihilated forever.

The philosophy that the party uses is quite extraordinary.  The party does not desire to kill the people but to control their thoughts. In the ancient times, the martyrs were killed because they never changed their religious belief, a situation the martyrs seen as brave for  dying for their believe, something the party doesnt want with their prisoners.  Instead what the party wants is to change their believe and then release them, sending a message to the believer and the public that the party always wins, and never loses.

At the end of the chapter Winston gets to asks questions to O'Brien, Winston asks how Julia was, if big brother existed and if the brotherhood existed. In conclusion, this chapter was all about how physical pain affects the human mind and how the party uses that as a way of manipulating them.