Right from the beginning of part 3, Winston is being held in a tiny cell with about 10 or 15 other prisoners. Some are Party members, other are just common bandits and criminals. Th first person who talks to him is an old lady of about 60 years old named Smith, who says that she may be his mother. That is not impossible, because she is about the right age and physique, but I don't think that she is his mother. His mother does not seem like the type of people to get drunk and vomit all over the place... And after all, Smith is a pretty common name.
At first when O'Brian told Winston that they would "meet in the place where there is no darkness", I thought he meant a place of light, a place of safety, a place of knowledge. A wise place. A place far away from the pain. Perhaps heaven. But not in the Ministry of Love, where Winston thinks he is currently held. There are no windows in the cell, but Winston knows that the lights are never turned off, which makes it a place without darkness. Winston thinks that O'Brian was referring to this place... was he though? It would make a lot of sense, as O'Brian had warned Winston that he would be caught, that they would all end up being caught. A poet is also a prisoner. Ampleforth is his name. Winston talked to him, and he learned that the poet made the crime of not finding a word that rhymed with "rod", other than "God". Apparently there are only 12 words that can rhyme with "rod", but the poet could not find any. He had to keep "God", and he was arrested. Shortly after he was sent to room 101. Room 101 is a mysterious room Winston had heard about. "Overheard" should be the correct term actually. Yes, Winston had overheard a conversation between a couple of female Party members where they talked about Room 101. On the back cover of this book, it says that "for those with original thoughts, they have invented Room 101" so I have a feeling we are about to find out. Another interesting fact: Parsons, whom Winston was sure would never disappear, was arrested. And for what? Thoughtcrime. He, commit a thoughtcrime? I think not! I'm pretty sure it's his kids who sold him out... He is so nervous... Oh! Guess it wasn't his children who sold him out... it was the telescreen... he talked in his sleep. He said "Down with Big Brother". WHAT?! Did he read Winston's diary or something?!?!?! Impossible... he doesn't seem like the type. Poor kid is afraid of being shot... prefers working in a labour camp... thinks that the Party can't arrest innocent people. He says that he'll say thank you to the court for saving him before he'd gotten too far. Damn.... maybe Winston was wrong about Parsons too! Never mind, it was not the telescreen (I'm writing this as I am reading because I don't want to forget anything). It was his own daughter, who listened through the keyhole. He's proud of her. Okay? Whatever you say, bro. Anyways, Parsons was also removed. Update: O'Brian was also caught, and also sent to Winston's cell. Not so undefeatable, eh? Of course, he would have been caught sooner or later.
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