"Never, for any reason on earth, could you wish for an increase of pain. Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes..." (239).
I chose this quote because I think it offers some insight into the concept of pain. As to nothing being worse than physical pain, it strikes me as odd. I would've thought emotional pain was worse than physical. Physical wounds can heal over time and the pain eventually goes away, but emotional pain stays with you. While that may be true, I believe there is still truth to nothing being worse than physical pain. Physical pain, as it did to Winston, takes you over. It fully consumes you to such a degree where you can't bear it, wishing for it to stop. This, I believe is where the no heroes part comes into play. In many stories, movie, and TV shows, you can often see a character wishing more pain on themselves if it would save another from pain. Here, Winston is disclaiming that. Real world pain isn't like that, and I believe that's what Winston means when he thinks there are no heroes in the face of pain.
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