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Rereading Nineteen Eighty Four – Part III Chap 5 (6)

O’Brien, fully aware that Winston was terrified, picked up the cage, brought it closer,  pressed something in it which made a sharp click.

Winston made a frantic effort to tear himself loose from the chair.   It was hopeless; every part of him, even his head, was held immovably. O’Brien moved the cage nearer. It was less than a metre from Winston’s face.

‘I have pressed the first lever,’ said O’Brien.

Building on the terror he continues:

‘You understand the construction of this cage. The mask will fit over your head, leaving no exit. When I press this other lever, the door of the cage will slide up. These starving brutes will shoot out of it like bullets. Have you ever seen a rat leap through the air? They will leap on to your face and bore straight into it. Sometimes they attack the eyes first. Sometimes they burrow through the cheeks and devour the tongue.’

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  1. I just want to encourage you to keep writing and if you when a story is complete do a link up post so we can read it in one setting and comment as we go. I think that would be very beneficial. Keep up the great writings.

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