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 Lesson Plan Book 3: The Art of Torture Standards3.h.4 [|Read and critically analyze a variety of works, including books and other print materials (e.g., periodicals, journals, manuals), about one issue or topic, or books by a single author or in one genre, and produce evidence of reading.] Expectations- My group will discuss torture in room 101 and what forced Winston to surrender-They will also compare and contrast that torture with the torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib

Materials- Laptop - Article on the Abu Ghraib scandal- sheet of paper to create a web that compares and contrasts the scandal and the torture in room 1984

Opening- Read document with quotes from 1984 book 3 (room 101 and torture)

Middle- Discuss the events of torture that occurred in the books and the motives behind them- Read an exert from the article about Abu Ghraib scandal [|article]

Ending- Comparison between the book and the scandal

QUOTES “You asked me once what was in Room 101. I told you that you know the answer already. Everybody knows. The thing in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world.” 'You asked me once,' said O'Brien, '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.' The door opened again. A guard came in, carrying something made of wire, a box or basket of some kind. He set it down on the further table. Because of the position in which O'Brien was standing. Winston could not see what the thing was. 'The worst thing in the world,' said O'Brien, 'varies from individual to individual. It may be burial alive, or death by fire, or by drowning, or by impalement, or fifty other deaths. There are cases where it is some quite trivial thing, not even fatal.' 'In your case,' said O'Brien, 'the worst thing in the world happens to be rats.' 'By itself,' he said, 'pain is not always enough. There are occasions when a human being will stand out against pain, even to the point of death. But for everyone there is something unendurable -- something that cannot be contemplated. Courage and cowardice are not involved. If you are falling from a height it is not cowardly to clutch at a rope. If you have come up from deep water it is not cowardly to fill your lungs with air. It is merely an instinct which cannot be destroyed. It is the same with the rats. For you, they are unendurable. They are a form of pressure that you cannot withstand, even if you wished to. You will do what is required of you.