Chapters 7-8 and 1-2

“To be killed was what you expected. But before death (nobody spoke of such things, yet everybody knew of them) there was a routine of confession that had to that had to be gone through: the groveling on the floor and screaming for mercy, the crack of broken bones, the smashed teeth and bloody clots of hair. Why did you have to endure it, since the end was always the same?” (102) 

This quote caught my attention because it uses great descriptions to paint an image in the reader's head about what is going on. For instance Orwell uses phrases such as "the crack of broken bones" and "the smashed teeth and bloody clots of hair" to get the reader to picture these horrific scenes and feel sympathy for the people being tortured. This is also interesting because it is not quite clear to me why people were tortured. If the reason was to show others what could happen to them, why did others enjoy watching prisoners be tortured? Even the kids were upset when they missed someone getting beat up for no reason. Did they want to show that they were not scared of being tortured and would rather be killed quick and painless? Lastly, if the thought police knew everything that a person had on their mind, why was there a need for torture?