1984
1984 why has the electric current been cut off?
1984
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1984
I'm thinking that you are referring to when Winston is being tortured by O'Brien. Winston is being re-educated, well really just tortured. O'Brien fries Winston's brain with electrical currents. As Winston displays the behavior O'Brien wants, the current in the chair is dropped or cut.