1984

What effect do the beatings have on Winston, and what is the purpose of the “businesslike, unsympathetic men in white coats”?

(Orwell, 240-241)

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The beatings cause Winton to hysterically confess to everything. The doctor's (the men in the white coats) were there make sure he stayed alive until he confessed.

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1984