The social criticism in george orwell'S 1984

Party's resistance and he is a member of the Brotherhood. He has not longer an 
interrogator. In fact, this is O'Brien, He is the figure of tormentor, protector, 
inquisioner, as well as friend. 

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It was he who decided when Winston should scream with pain, when he 
should have a respite, when he should be fed, when he should sleep, when 
the drugs should be pumped into his arm. It was he who asked the questions 
and suggested the answer. He was the tormentor, he was the protector, he 
was the incision, he was the friend (Orwell, 1961:244). 
It is true O'Brien said that he and Winston will meet in a place where there 
is no darkness and the place he means to be Winston's ally in the effort to bring 
down Big Brother isthe Ministry of Love. 
― I told you,‖ said O‘Brien, ―that if we met again it would be here.‖ 
―Yes,‖ said Winston (Orwell, 1961: 245) 
During Winston's period of torture, the Party is also provided a doctor to 
treat his injuries after the period of the interrogation. 
He had the air of a doctor, a teacher, even a priest, anxious to explain and 
persuade rather than to punish (Orwell, 1961:245). 
O'Brien penetrates Winston's mind like a teacher that is talking to a child. 
Teaching Winston's fault and saying that any punishment Winston received is not 
the Party's fault but his own fault. 
O‘Brien was looking down at him speculatively. More than even ever he 
had the air of a teacher taking pains with a wayward but promising child. 
You know perfectly well what is the matter with you. You have known it for 
years, though you have fought against the knowledge. You are unable to 
remember real events, and you persuade yourself that you remember other 
events which never happened. Fortunately, it is curable. You have never 
cured yourself of it, because you did not choose to. There was a small effort 
of the will that you were not ready to make. Even now, I am aware, you are 

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clinging to your disease under the impression that it is a virtue (Orwell, 
1961:245-246). 
―On the contrary,‖ he said, ―you have not controlled it. That is what has 
brought you here. You are here because you have failed in humility, in self-
discipline. You would not make the act of submission which is the price of 
sanity. You preferred to be a lunatic, a minority of one (Orwell, 1961:248-
249). 
For unreasonable reasons, Winston is taken to the Ministry of Love to save 
him. The Party believes that Winston commits the offence caused by a problem 
with his way of thinking. Winston is considered insane. At the Ministry of Love