Cracking under Pressure

In Book 3 of 1984, Winston "accepted everything" that had been told to him. Everything that he had believed and was told by O'Brien was falsified into this new knowledge. In the book itself, Winston tells us "He accepted everything. The past was alterable. The past never had been altered." After being tortured by O'Brien, Winston finally agrees with everything he says. Even though previously Winston believed that he would always be stronger than everyone else, he was eventually cracked by O'Brien. Previously, Winston told Julia that he would always conquer, and help the revolution, but now in Room 101, he is shown, confessing everything even things he didn't do. O'Brien tortured Winston to the point where hebelieved that "He remembered remembering contrary things, but those were false memories, products of selfdeception." Orwell represents O'Brien as a ruthless, and deceptive torturer very well. O'Brien was good enough at his position, he could recruit members, then torture them, without their knowledge. It can be seen in this passage, and ones before it, that Winston fully believes what O'Brien was, and is, telling him. Everything that Winston believed, was proven wrong, all through a little bit of talking, and a lot of pain.