“It was a common punishment in Imperial China” (pg. 286). O’Brien is about to let the rats eat Winston’s face. Orwell compares the punishments of old dictatorship countries to the government under Big Brother. The tortures that Winston goes through completely change his views. They continue to torture him until they are positive that he will love Big Brother. In Imperial China they used many different ways to torture people including: hot iron, rides on spiked saddles, punishments of the Rack, and many other instruments of torture. These punishments are seen throughout 1984, being feared of and very painful.
"Punishments in Traditional China." Web. 03 June 2010.
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