Room 101-Coursework AssignmentEdmund Rees-Thomas Room 101 is an imaginary room invented by George Orwell and was originally envisioned as a kind of torture

My second choice is the elderly population’s view of youth particularly the view that teenagers are all criminals or have criminal intentions. This hatred originated, for me, from my nana’s over bearing style of caring for her grandchildren, for example force feeding me food that I really did not like and was making me feel ill. It then went on to expand with each dirty look and critical comment that I noticed coming from an elderly person. These comments all have the same thing in common; they always imply that I’m breaking some rule or another, which in some cases has hit the nail on the head but in others, has been completely off the mark. The thing that really annoys me about this is that they can’t seem to remember what it was like for them to be teenagers, I’m sure it can’t have been completely different “back in their day”, as in the case of my grandmother who used to wear a duffel coat and tartan trousers, which were considered to be extreme to the point that people used to shout out of their windows at her.

My third choice, young children’s consistent whining and tendency towards violence is also something I must endure regularly, this time weekly, from my younger sister. I’m certain that older siblings can relate to this but what annoys me more is when this violence comes from young children I don’t know or have only met once. The idea of a strange child trying to beat your leg into a bloody pulp is the most loathsome experience I have ever had the displeasure to experience. This mainly comes from friends’ younger siblings who either adore or despise me and want to show their sometimes seemingly abnormal feelings, I must admit, I have wanted to batter them around the head just so they’ll leave me alone.

My penultimate choice, something which has mainly occurred to me recently, is computers that crash halfway through something which has not been saved. I am sure that this is universal to all people who have encountered this in the past, but it seems to happen to me on a daily basis. I am constantly exasperated by my Xbox crashing, or not being able to read the disc when I’m just at the end of an important mission and I have to do it all again. It is the most infuriating thing I have ever experienced. I am worried even as I write this assignment that my laptop will crash and I’ll have to do it all again. I have tried everything I can to prevent this from occurring, but I still believe that I will lose all my work just as I finish it and I can not bear it. This item does, as many can testify, bring out a violent side of even the quietest person, who instantly wants to throw their computer through a wall and then set it on fire just to get back at the damnable machine. However much they may want to take out the most horrific revenge a machine can ever experience they usually just go on and repeat the hour’s work over and over again until the computer decides to let them print or e-mail it and it could not be more irritating.

And lastly, the ultimate disgust I have ever experienced comes from my final choice, cheap cola. This “no frills” cola from most supermarkets implies that the frills are the taste that we get from more expensive colas including the fifty six pence bottles from the corner shops everywhere. This seems like a bit of minor discrimination against the poorer people of the world, e.g. students, who must endure the distasteful contents of these cheap colas. This seems especially strange considering that other flavours in the same price range and sometimes from the same brand taste fine. I have to hold my hands up to the triviality of this choice but it is something that irritates me immensely. I would have thought that anyone who has tasted these colas must agree but I do know a person who enjoys these disgusting drinks quite a lot and that just baffles me.

In conclusion I beg that these five items are accepted and exiled from the world and would hope that people can relate to my frustration in these matters.