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)
(Orwell, 240-241)
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.
1984