Book three: chapter 2

In this chapter , there was a lot going on and I kind of got confused while reading it, but as I kept reading I could somewhat tell what was happening. There are some things that were really scary and I felt bad for Winston because he was being tortured by O'Brien. There was one point in the book that I found very interesting and it's true, in my opinion. This point can be found on page 248 and it says "'Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past,'" This quote stood out to me because when this was said in the beginning of the book, it got me thinking about it. We control if we think about our past, and if we think of the future. Also, we also think of the present and the present that we think about controls the past. We go through a lot of things, to make memories and to make us think about why we said or did what we did that day. The past, present, and future is what every human being thinks about, even if it's scary. Another point that stood out to me what also found on page 248 and it says, "'But how can you stop people remembering things...... It is involuntary. It is outside oneself. How can you control memory? You have not controlled mine!" This stood out to me because O'Brien was telling Winston that the Party controls everyone's memory and they control the thinking of other people. Winston doesn't believe that it's true because it isn't. NO ONE can control what you're thinking and what you believe. It just can't happen. The Party in the book are control freaks. They control EVERYTHING that happens inside the person's mind. It's just crazy, and it really sucks for Winston to live in a dystopia like that.