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George Orwell 1 9 8 4<br />

He seized one of Winston’s remaining front teeth<br />

between his powerful thumb and forefinger. A<br />

twinge of pain shot through Winston’s jaw. O’Brien<br />

had wrenched the loose tooth out by the roots. He<br />

tossed it across the cell.<br />

‘You are rotting away,’ he said; ‘you are falling to<br />

pieces. What are you? A bag of filth. Now turn<br />

around and look into that mirror again. Do you see<br />

that thing facing you? That is the last man. If you<br />

are human, that is humanity. Now put your clothes<br />

on again.’<br />

Winston began to dress himself with slow stiff<br />

movements. Until now he had not seemed to notice<br />

how thin and weak he was. Only one thought stirred<br />

in his mind: that he must have been in this place<br />

longer than he had imagined. Then sud<strong>de</strong>nly as he<br />

fixed the miserable rags round himself a feeling of<br />

pity for his ruined body overcame him. Before he<br />

knew what he was doing he had collapsed on to a<br />

small stool that stood besi<strong>de</strong> the bed and burst into<br />

tears. He was aware of his ugliness, his<br />

gracelessness, a bundle of bones in filthy<br />

un<strong>de</strong>rclothes sitting weeping in the harsh white<br />

light: but he could not stop himself. O’Brien laid a<br />

hand on his shoul<strong>de</strong>r, almost kindly.<br />

‘It will not last for ever,’ he said. ‘You can escape<br />

from it whenever you choose. Everything <strong>de</strong>pends<br />

on yourself.’<br />

‘You did it!’ sobbed Winston. ‘You reduced me to<br />

this state.’<br />

‘No, Winston, you reduced yourself to it. This is<br />

what you accepted when you set yourself up against<br />

the Party. It was all contained in that first act.<br />

Nothing has happened that you did not foresee.’<br />

309<br />

Agarró uno <strong>de</strong> los dientes <strong>de</strong> abajo que le<br />

quedaban Winston. Éste sintió un dolor agudísimo<br />

que le corrió por toda la mandíbula. O'Brien se lo<br />

había arrancado <strong>de</strong> cuajo, tirándolo luego al suelo.<br />

— Te estás pudriendo, Winston. Te estás<br />

<strong>de</strong>smoronando. ¿Qué eres ahora?. Una bolsa llena<br />

<strong>de</strong> porquería. Mírate otra vez en el espejo. ¿Ves<br />

eso que tienes enfrente? Es el último hombre. Si<br />

eres humano, ésa es la Humanidad. Anda, vístete<br />

otra vez.<br />

Winston empezó a vestirse con movimientos<br />

lentos y rígidos. Hasta ahora no había notado lo<br />

débil que estaba. Sólo un pensamiento le ocupaba<br />

la mente: que <strong>de</strong>bía <strong>de</strong> llevar en aquel sitio más<br />

tiempo <strong>de</strong> lo que se figuraba. Entonces, al mirar<br />

los miserables andrajos que se habían caído en<br />

torno suyo, sintió una enorme piedad por su pobre<br />

cuerpo. Antes <strong>de</strong> saber lo que estaba haciendo, se<br />

había sentado en un taburete junto al lecho y había<br />

roto a llorar. Se daba plena cuenta <strong>de</strong> su terrible<br />

fealdad, <strong>de</strong> su inutilidad, <strong>de</strong> que era un montón <strong>de</strong><br />

huesos envueltos en trapos sucios que lloraba<br />

iluminado por una <strong>de</strong>slumbrante luz blanca. Pero<br />

no podía contenerse. O'Brien le puso una mano en<br />

el hombro casi con amabilidad.<br />

— Esto no durará siempre — le dijo —. Pue<strong>de</strong>s<br />

evitarte todo esto en cuanto quieras. Todo <strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong><br />

<strong>de</strong> ti.<br />

— ¡Tú tienes la culpa! — sollozó Winston —. Tú<br />

me convertiste en este guiñapo.<br />

— No, Winston, has sido tú mismo. Lo aceptaste<br />

cuando te pusiste contra el Partido. Todo ello<br />

estaba ya contenido en aquel primer acto <strong>de</strong><br />

rebeldía. Nada ha ocurrido que tú no hubieras<br />

previsto.<br />

He paused, and then went on: Después <strong>de</strong> una pausa, prosiguió:

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