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| ''This is about the Room 101 in 1984. See ] for the TV series'' | ''This is about the Room 101 in 1984. See ] for the TV series'' | ||
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| ⚫ | '''Room 101''' is a ] chamber in which a prisoner is subjected to his worst ]. Such is the omniscience of the state in the totalitarian 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. | ||
| Room 101 is supposedly named after a conference room at ] where Orwell used to sit through tedious meetings. | 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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This is about the Room 101 in 1984. See Room 101 (television) for the TV series
Room 101 comes from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
Room 101 is a torture chamber in which a prisoner is subjected to his worst nightmare. Such is the omniscience of the state in the totalitarian 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 rats. 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.
Room 101 is supposedly named after a conference room at BBC Broadcasting House where Orwell used to sit through tedious meetings.
Room 101, like Floor 13, is often used in popular culture to give a sinister meaning to what would otherwise be an unremarkable room. For example, Thomas Anderson (aka Neo) lives in Room 101 at the beginning of the 1999 movie The Matrix.