Examples Of Fear In 1984 By George Orwell

Hate is an emotion that is meant to drive people towards a goal for themselves against others. Today, hate is something that is used to turn people against each other, spread by the media. In the novel “1984” by George Orwell, the society is almost completely based on hate and fear. However, the real world is more free to think for itself, instead of getting all information from a single source and letting the government tell it what is true and what is false. Some do believe everything they see, but most try to figure things out for themselves. In 1984, that's basically forbidden. This leads the way to having a society based on hate in real life. With the right control, a society based on hate could survive and thrive like it does in 1984. Today, control from the …show more content…
For example, the country North Korea is infamous for controlling its people and keeping them controlled with fear. They’re the closest country in comparison to 1984’s Oceania in the present time. However, not long ago there was a country that was almost identical to 1984’s world; The USSR. This country even had its own version of the thought police; the secret police. These people would watch potential traitors, and if they were found to be doing something wrong, were sent to forced labor camps or killed. Anything said by the government was true, and if anyone denied that, they were sent to a forced labor camp or killed. This is very reminiscent of 1984 as it is exactly what Oceania’s government does to its people. Not only that, but the society was based on a hate of one thing, the US. At the point of the USSR’s lifetime, it was really only two superpowers; the US and of course the USSR. The US spewed hate about the USSR and the USSR did the same thing about the US. The way the two competed was by using the space race as a reason to advance in technology at a faster