Book Three Reaction

As the story approaches to the end, it makes the readers wonder what is the main purpose or what is the motivation for Orwell to write this novel. The answer is not too complicated to find out, which the main purpose of this novel is to convey the readers about the totalitarian government.

In book three, Orwell takes insight of Winton’s torture by the Party. Orwell uses nearly four chapters to narrate the whole series of the torture. For instance, Winston experiences starvation, beating and mangling. Winston finally gives up when O’Brien takes him to the Room 101 and sets him up in front of a cage of rats. These are all the methods that Orwell uses to emphasize the reader how horrible the totalitarian government is if the Party members disobey the Party’s desire. This also makes the readers seem vicarious through the scenes. The Party adopts several other methods to control its own subjects such as the telescreens and the Thought Police. Is spite of what kind of method the Party uses, its goal is to confirm their limitless power.

The conveyance of the purpose of this novel is thoroughly displayed through the narration of Winston’s torture, which is the dangers and fearfulness of the totalitarian government.