"The door opened. With a small gesture the officer indicated the skull-faced man. 'Room 101,' said the officer." page 195
In this passage, Orwell uses a metaphor to describe the man's face that's getting banished to room 101. Later in this section, the man says he'll tell them anything they want as long as he doesn't get taken to room 101 because he has 3 kids at home. When they still don't hesitate, he said he would rather them just kill him or starve him or hang him. When that doesn't work, he said he would rather watch them slit his wife and his kid's throats in front of him rather than him go there. Orwell uses suspense and mystery to keep the reader wanting to know what room 101 is.
"...but his body was being wrenched out of shape, the joints were being slowly torn apart." pg 202
In this passage, O'Brien is revealed as a secret operative that turned him and has Winston hooked up to a machine that is shooting an excruciating pain throughout his entire body. This section uses vivid imagery that makes the reader cringe and feel badly for Winston. Winston knew that he was going to be turned in eventually because of his diary, but he had no idea it was going to be as treacherous as it was and eventually learns that what he thought he knew wasn't right at all. He is confused as to what room 101 is and whether O'Brien is trying to help him or not. O'Brien tells him he's going to make him better, but he still doesn't know what he means.
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