"'The first thing for you to understand is that in this place there are no martyrdoms'" (253).
First of all, I'm perplexed as to why O'Brien is acting this way. Is this the same O'Brien that was in the underground Brotherhood; as I'm reading he sounds much more like an undercover member of the Party. Specifically, its this quote that confuses me and provokes suspicion. Here, he is explaing to Winston that martyrdom does not exist however I do recall O'Brien previously saying something very much contradicting: "'You are prepared to give your lives?'" (172). He asks Julia and Winston this when they considered joining the Brotherhood. Sounds like martyrdom to me...
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