To be honest, I’m having a hard time writing this paper. There’s a lot going on in my life, as you know, so my mind is somewhere else, but I’m going to try my best.
“BIG BROTHER”, OOPS, I MEAN HITLER, IS WATCHING YOU! I read “1984” by George Orwell my senior year of high school, I didn’t really retain much of the book honestly; mainly because I was a dumb teenager and spent my class time so stoned Cheech and Chong would envy. (Lets hope I don’t get in trouble for writing this, but hey I’ll just pull the whole “Freedom of Speech” act.) I’m glad I live in a country where our minds/speech isn’t 100% regulated by the government, we are being watched though at all times, sounds very relatable to 1984. Thankfully I’ve learned from my past and …show more content…
George Orwell had a rather ambivalent attitude towards Hitler personally and in his book. On one hand he strictly disapproved of Hitler's ideas; Orwell especially did not approve of Hitler’s anti-Semitism, he stated “simply not the doctrine of a grown-up person.” On the other hand he was not completely oblivious to Hitler's charisma. In George Orwell’s review of “Mein Kampf” he specifically wrote: “I should like to put it on record that I have never been able to dislike Hitler. Ever since he came to power — till then, like nearly everyone, I had been deceived into thinking that he did not matter — I have reflected that I would certainly kill him if I could get within reach of him, but that I could feel no personal animosity. The fact is that there is something deeply appealing about him.” Hitler basically knew his shit and knew how to execute it well (no pun intended), even if others didn’t necessarily agree with his ideas and practices.
Winston Smith in the book basically reflected George Orwell’s ambivalent attitude towards Hitler and the Soviet Union. Especially during the “Two Minutes Hate”, Winston had a sudden realization that “his secret loathing of Big Brother changed into adoration, and Big Brother seemed to tower up, an invincible, fearless protector, standing like a rock against the hordes of Asia.” This was kind of a slander towards the Soviet …show more content…
Adolf Hitler developed this trick during his early “Kampfzeit” (early struggle) until his failed uprising (Beer Hall Putsch) in November 1923. During that time, Hitler was not well known to the people and he often had to speak before an audience of few because at the time did not have the strong SA support to protect him from communist rioters. But in those days, members of the German Communist Party, who tried to ask him interjected questions to put him off and to make his arguments implausible, often visited his speeches. But Hitler used his techniques to overcome those German Communist and even wrote “Those days I learned something important in a short time, to strike the weapon of reply out of the enemy's hand myself (...) and it is still my pride today to have found the means, not only to render this propaganda ineffective, but in the end to strike its makers with their own weapon. (...) In every single speech it was important to realize clearly in advance the presumable content and form of the objections, and to pull every one of them apart in the speech itself. Here it was expedient to cite the possible objections ourselves at the outset and demonstrate their un-tenability.” Hmm, sounds like Hitler was next to Stalin another historical model for ‘Big Brother’ in George Orwell’s mind. He knew how to out speak
“BIG BROTHER”, OOPS, I MEAN HITLER, IS WATCHING YOU! I read “1984” by George Orwell my senior year of high school, I didn’t really retain much of the book honestly; mainly because I was a dumb teenager and spent my class time so stoned Cheech and Chong would envy. (Lets hope I don’t get in trouble for writing this, but hey I’ll just pull the whole “Freedom of Speech” act.) I’m glad I live in a country where our minds/speech isn’t 100% regulated by the government, we are being watched though at all times, sounds very relatable to 1984. Thankfully I’ve learned from my past and …show more content…
George Orwell had a rather ambivalent attitude towards Hitler personally and in his book. On one hand he strictly disapproved of Hitler's ideas; Orwell especially did not approve of Hitler’s anti-Semitism, he stated “simply not the doctrine of a grown-up person.” On the other hand he was not completely oblivious to Hitler's charisma. In George Orwell’s review of “Mein Kampf” he specifically wrote: “I should like to put it on record that I have never been able to dislike Hitler. Ever since he came to power — till then, like nearly everyone, I had been deceived into thinking that he did not matter — I have reflected that I would certainly kill him if I could get within reach of him, but that I could feel no personal animosity. The fact is that there is something deeply appealing about him.” Hitler basically knew his shit and knew how to execute it well (no pun intended), even if others didn’t necessarily agree with his ideas and practices.
Winston Smith in the book basically reflected George Orwell’s ambivalent attitude towards Hitler and the Soviet Union. Especially during the “Two Minutes Hate”, Winston had a sudden realization that “his secret loathing of Big Brother changed into adoration, and Big Brother seemed to tower up, an invincible, fearless protector, standing like a rock against the hordes of Asia.” This was kind of a slander towards the Soviet …show more content…
Adolf Hitler developed this trick during his early “Kampfzeit” (early struggle) until his failed uprising (Beer Hall Putsch) in November 1923. During that time, Hitler was not well known to the people and he often had to speak before an audience of few because at the time did not have the strong SA support to protect him from communist rioters. But in those days, members of the German Communist Party, who tried to ask him interjected questions to put him off and to make his arguments implausible, often visited his speeches. But Hitler used his techniques to overcome those German Communist and even wrote “Those days I learned something important in a short time, to strike the weapon of reply out of the enemy's hand myself (...) and it is still my pride today to have found the means, not only to render this propaganda ineffective, but in the end to strike its makers with their own weapon. (...) In every single speech it was important to realize clearly in advance the presumable content and form of the objections, and to pull every one of them apart in the speech itself. Here it was expedient to cite the possible objections ourselves at the outset and demonstrate their un-tenability.” Hmm, sounds like Hitler was next to Stalin another historical model for ‘Big Brother’ in George Orwell’s mind. He knew how to out speak