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| '''Room 101''' is a ] chamber in which a prisoner is subjected to his worst ]. Such is the ] of the ] in the ] society of ''1984'' that even a citizen's nightmares are known to the authorities. The nightmare — and therefore the threatened punishment — of the protagonist Winston Smith is to have his face gnawed by ]s. Smith saves himself by begging the authoritites to let his girlfriend, Julia (he is married but has not seen his wife in years), have her face gnawed out by the ferocious rodents. The torture — and what Winston does to get out of it — utterly crush the feelings between Smith and Julia, destroying both their youthful idealism, their dreams for the future, and their feelings for each other. | |||
| Room 101 is supposedly named after a conference room at ] where Orwell used to sit through tedious meetings. | |||
| Room 101, like ], is often used in ] to give a sinister meaning to what would otherwise be an unremarkable room. For example, ] lives in Room 101 at the beginning of the ] movie '']''. | |||
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