interrogation訊問；審問；質問
It was O'Brien who was directing everything.
He was the tormentor, he was the protector, he was the inquisitor, he was the friend. Obrien 到底扮演著怎樣的一個角色，是敵是友？ I have it in my power to inflict pain on you at any moment and to whatever degree I choose? If you tell me any lies, or attempt to prevaricate in any way, or even fall below your usual level of intelligence, you will cry out with pain, instantly. Do you understand that?
take trouble with sb 與某人費勁Obrien說要與溫斯特較勁是因為他有價值。
在Obrien的百般盤問和刁難下，溫斯特精神幾近崩潰。不是confess不是punish，而是cure!!We convert him, we capture his inner mind, we reshape him.
