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Works of George Orwell: Detailed Summary. Part Three

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Orwell, George

Orwell, George
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Detailed Summary. Part Three

Part Three: Section One

With his arrest, Winston's ordeal by fire begins-his descent into the
underworld both literally (the cellars of the Ministry of Love) and
figuratively. All the techniques of an advanced and fiendish investigative
police science are used to break Winston down and make him into what the
Party desires him to be. The cramped, smelly surroundings in the cells are
the preliminary part of the treatment for brainwashing political prisoners,
as is the interminable waiting under the gaze of the telescreens which
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