In Prison August 5, pages 229-254 RR9

Julia and Winston are separated and Winston gains consciousness in a cell with no windows, making it impossible to tell the time of day. This section of the book almost seems like a dream to me. While in a cell with other people Winston talks to a woman who he believes may be his mother. Then he begins to encounter people he knows. Ampleforth and Parsons are each put in the same cell as Winston at different times. At one point, the cell door opens and O’Brien is standing there. Orwell throws another twist into the story here and adds more to the character of O’Brien. Winston finds out that O’Brien actually works for the government and is not a member of the Brotherhood. Winston is taken to his own cell and frequently beaten and questioned for an undeterminable number of days. It is ironic that Winston wrote his diary to O’Brien, and would become questioned by O’Brien for his Thoughtcrimes.