... the only piece of reality Winston could cling to, his love of Julia. Dehumanization in the form of torture can also be shown through the Rape of Nanking, when the Japanese army invaded Manchuria and destroyed everything and everyone in their path without a thought. They brutalized the Chinese citizens of ... hope left for his cause and he might as well just give up his struggle. The concept of brainwashing in 1984 is also present in the Rape of Nanking. The Japanese lieutenants and generals brainwashed their soldiers to make them kill without mercy. They brainwashed them to a point wher...

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