fears rats.
This is first exposed in chapter 4 during one of his escapades within the room on top of Mr.
Charringtons junk shop. Julia spotted a rat poking its head from a corner of the room and this
terrified Winston to the point of screaming. He then revealed that he feared rats more than
anything else in the world. This same fear is what OBrien eventually used to get Winston to
betray his love for Julia. Winston had actually intended to keep his love for Julia in his heart
forever but upon transfer to room 101 and additional threats of a cage of hungry rats, he
betrayed Julia.
Winston also feared being executed for thought crime. During
one instance, he encountered three men who were executed for treason which they allegedly
committed during a party function when in reality they were in the same venue as he was during
the alleged time of the crime. Winston, noting this experience as real history, had kept their
photograph but later threw it into memory hole.
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