3/12/09

"And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it only was a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn't really mean it. But that isn't true. You want it to happen to the other person. You don't give a damn what they suffer. All you care about is yourself"(292).

This quote is significant because it represents the Party's victory against Julia and Winston. By inflicting pain and fear, the Party was able to break down their will to fight for what they believe and ultimately turn Winston and Julia against one another. by doing this they have forced Winston to see like the Party, that human life isn't valuable and that Big Brother is his only love.

Didactic: instructive.

Torpid: in a dazed manner.