This chapter was another intense chapter. There was a lot happening and Winston was still getting shocked if he answered the questions wrong. At the end of the chapter, there was one saying that O'Brien said, and it really caught my attention. The quote can be found on page 274, and he says "Everything is cured sooner or later. In the end we shall shoot you." This quote that O'Brien said caught my attention because it's crazy and how they would shoot him, because he committed one crime, and he didn't even murder or rape Julia. Why would they shoot him? He just loved somebody so much that he made a meeting place for them to go, and made love to each other. Julia and Winston always made time for each other. This shouldn't be crime. But it is in Oceania. Also, before he said that he told Winston that it would be a long while before they shot him, but he would be shot. In my opinion, they shouldn't kill him for love. He didn't steal anything. It's wrong in my opinion. Besides all of that, I believe there was one time where they had death penalty if someone committed a really bad crime. I believe it's still around, it's just not used as often as it was in the past. Winston is like going through a whole thing for death penalty I believe.
Another quote that really caught my attention, was found on page 270. On page 270, O'Brien says "You are the last man, said O'Brien. You are the guardian of the human spirit. You shall see yourself as you are...." Winston told O'Brien that he was human and O'Brien responded with this. Winston is not the last man, because isn't O'Brien also a man? O'Brien believes in whatever the Party has to say. He says that there is no man and when Winston said he was human, he told Winston to take off his clothes and see what the last man looked like... It's freaky and weird. Anyways, the quote can be related to the world now because some people believe that God, or Jesus, will be the last man. God is the guardian of the human spirit, people may believe. If people do not believe that, then they may think that they'll be the last man to ever live on the Earth
O'Brien is playing with Winston's mind. He's telling him one thing , but of course Winston doesn't believe it because he doesn't like the Party. He disobeys the Party. But yeah, this chapter was CRAZY!
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