Love Can Turn Into Love In George Orwell's 1984

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How easily can someone you love turn into someone you hate? In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, relationships and emotions are formed but later on teared down by the Party, from Julia and Winston’s love affair to Winstons sudden love for big brother. In this novel hate is easily turned into love and love is easily turned into hate under the influence of Big Brother and the Party. George Orwells message is that love and hate go hand and hand in a totalitarian society.

Relationships are torn between love and hate in this novel. In the beginning winston hated Julia but then fall in love. This love was strong but was torn down and turned into hate by Big Brother and the Party. The Party had such a big influence in this totalitarian

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