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  2. Ministries in Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia

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    Room 101 (pronounced one-oh-one [7]), introduced in the climax of the novel, is the basement torture chamber in the Ministry of Love, in which the Party attempts to subject prisoners to their own worst nightmare, fear or phobia, with the objective of breaking down their final resistance. You asked me once, what was in Room 101.

  3. Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia

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    Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. ... O'Brien takes Winston to Room 101, which ...

  4. Room 101 (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Room 101 (1982 mixtape) by The Faction; Room 101 (1984 song) by the Eurythmics from the album 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother); Room 101 (2000 song) from the album Drama (Jamelia album)

  5. Room 101 (British TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Room 101 is a BBC comedy television series based on the radio series of the same name, in which celebrities are invited to discuss their pet hates and persuade the host to consign those hates to oblivion in Room 101, a location whose name was inspired by the torture room in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four which reputedly contained "the worst thing in the world".

  6. O'Brien (Nineteen Eighty-Four) - Wikipedia

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    Even in the torture scenes, there is a strange intimacy that persists between Winston and O'Brien. O'Brien even states that Winston's mind appeals to him, and that it resembles his own mind, except that Winston happens to be "insane". Eventually, in Room 101, O'Brien tortures Winston into submission so that he embraces the philosophy of the Party.

  7. What George Orwell got right in '1984' - AOL

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    "1984" is still considered a fictional piece of literature to many, but a lot of what appeared in the book is now a reality. Like Big Brother: In "1984", there are TV screens and computer monitors ...

  8. How classified documents became a schoolgirl's show-and-tell

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    On a winter's day in 1984, a briefcase stuffed with classified government documents showed up in a building in Pittsburgh, borne by someone who most certainly wasn't supposed to have them. As a ...

  9. List of Room 101 episodes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of episodes of the British comedy talk-show Room 101.The first three series were hosted by Nick Hancock and then Paul Merton hosted series 4 to 11. Starting with series 12, Frank Skinner is the host of a redesigned programme featuring three guests competing to get their items into Room 101.