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| ''This is about the Room 101 in 1984. See ] for the TV series'' | |||
| In the ] '']'' by ], '''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. | In the ] '']'' by ], '''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. | ||
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| '''Room 101''' is also the name of ] ] series in which celebrities are invited to discuss their (often whimsical) pet hates with the host, and if he is sympathetic to the argument, will consign the item to Room 101, a repository of everything bad and hateful, in a reference to the Orwellian meaning of the term. The series is currently hosted by ], but in its original version was hosted by ]. | |||
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This is about the Room 101 in 1984. See Room 101 (television) for the TV series
In 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.
Thomas Anderson (aka Neo) lives in a Room 101 at the beginning of the 1999 movie The Matrix.