How Is Fear Shown In 1984

Imagine a world in which everything is complete and utter dystopia. A world where most people hardly have any emotions or the mental capacity to think on their own and for themselves.”1984” by George Orwell is about this exact scenario, in which one man can see through the system which the government has set up. The government, also known as “Big Brother” controls everything which the people see. Big Brother writes and alters history for people to know, and also leads a brutal force called the thought police which is used weed out those who may be onto the system. People are lead to believe that “war is peace”, “freedom is slavery”, and that “ignorance is strength”. By setting up a system in which people are unaware of the corruption, and where those who do know are taken out, revolution is a far fetched dream. This is why fear and conformity can be used as a way to prevent people from attempting revolutions despite there being corruption. …show more content…
Not everybody fears Big Brother, because many are unaware of the corruption which is ongoing in society. However fear does come into play when you look at people like Winston and Julia. They know about the corruption, and they despise Big Brother for it. However thinking the way they do is much different than acting on it. Revolution is a far fetched thought, simply because people are unaware. Fear is what keeps people like Winston in line because they have seen cases where people are “vaporized”. People were afraid because they have seen what’s happened before; "People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word."(19). Fear was what kept people inline, and fear was what kept Big Brother in