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Room 101 is a place introduced in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. This article is about the literary concept. ...
This article is about the Orwell novel. ...
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 [1] [2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ...
- "You asked me once, what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world." said O'Brien
Room 101 is a torture chamber in the Ministry of Love in which a prisoner is subjected to his or her own worst nightmare. Such is the omniscience of the state in the society of Nineteen Eighty-Four 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 be attacked by rats. Smith saves himself by begging the authorities to let his lover, Julia, have her face gnawed out by the ferocious rodents instead. The torture—and what Winston does to escape it—breaks his last promise to himself and to Julia; never to betray her emotionally. The book suggests that Julia is likewise subjected to her own worst fear, when she and Winston later meet up in a park, he notices the scars on her cheeks. The original intent of threatening Winston with the rats was not necessarily to go through with the act, but to force him into betraying the only person he loved and therefore break his spirit. The Tower of London and Traitors Gate. ...
The Ministry of Love (or Miniluv in Newspeak) is one of the four ministries that govern Airstrip One, Oceania in George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. ...
The current usage of the term nightmare refers to a dream which causes the sleeper a strong unpleasant emotional response. ...
Omniscience is the capacity to know everything infinitely, or at least everything that can be known about a character including thoughts, feelings, life and the universe, etc. ...
For other uses, see State (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the character in Nineteen Eighty-Four. ...
Species 50 species; see text *Several subfamilies of Muroids include animals called rats. ...
Julia is the name of a fictional character from George Orwells dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. ...
Cultural impact
The novel's popularity has resulted in the term "Room 101" being referenced in many fictional works and use as a term to refer to a place where unpleasant things are kept. The TV show Room 101 interviews celebrities and asks them to list their pet hates, which are then condemned to the room at the discretion of the host. This page is about the TV series Room 101. ...
References in popular culture include a locked room in the computer game Half Life 2 and multiple areas of this name in The Matrix. In the 2005 series of Big Brother, a housemate was required to enter a Room 101 to complete tedious and unpleasant tasks, including sorting different colours of maggots. 101 is also the number of Bill's apartment in the final scene of the film Kill Bill: Vol. 2. Half-Life 2 is a first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life developed by Valve Software. ...
This article is about the 1999 film. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the current series, see Big Brother 2007 (UK). ...
This article is about the insect. ...
Bill, played by David Carradine aiming his Colt Single Action Army Bills Sword. ...
Kill Bill is the fourth feature film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino released in two parts: Volume 1 & Volume 2. ...
Erich Mielke, the last chairman of the State Security Servive (Stasi) of the former GDR, moved his office into the Room 101 of the Stasi Building in the eastern part of Berlin. Mielke was a great admirer of Orwell's novel which is a very ironic fact as the GDR has been a cruel socialist system itself and therefore underlines Mielke's psychological derangement.
According to 2007 BBC drama Consenting Adults, about the 1957 Wolfenden Report (which paved the way for the subsequent decriminalisation of homosexuality in England 10 years later), the committee met in a Room 101—a fact remarked upon by one of the film's characters.
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