Part 3

V.

I was led into a room where I was strapped upright in a chair with two tables in front of me. O'Brien came in and told me that Room 101 is the worst thing in the world. At that moment, two guards came in, one carrying a cage with probably an unimaginable horror in it. O'Brien says the worst thing in the world varies from person to person. I my case the worst thing in the world is rats. That is what is in the cage in front of me. I tried desperately to not meet my fate. I asked what I must do but O'Brien just inches the cage closer to my face. I am at the point of desperation now! There is only one way I can get out of this treatment. I must betray the one I love. Without much thought, I yell: "Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don't care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!" I heard the cage door click closed. I was safe.