Love And Hate Quotes In 1984

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin once proclaimed, “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” When Lenin said this, he was not envisioning the dystopian society of the novel 1984 by George Orwell. However, this saying is completely applicable to 1984 in that the Party rewrites history and it becomes the “truth”. The Party unifies Oceania through the Two Minutes Hate, the creation of a common enemy, Goldstein, and the endless warfare waged against the powers of Eastasia or Eurasia. At the same time, when foreign lands are conquered by Oceania, the people of these regions are not embraced as a diverse population, but are rather brainwashed into hating Goldstein and the power with which Oceania is at war. In 1984 by George Orwell, it is demonstrated, through …show more content…
In this example of thought control, the members are psychologically manipulated into despising a common enemy, Emmanuel Goldstein. The Party members take their seats, the Hate begins, and “As usual, the face of Emmanuel Goldstein, the Enemy of the People, had flashed onto the screen. There were hisses here and there … [Goldstein] was the primal traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party’s purity” (Orwell 11 & 12). These people have been brainwashed into feeling a hatred towards this man who they have not even met in person. At the same time, a certain ideology has been associated with him, including freedom of speech and freedom of thought, giving these concepts a negative connotation. In doing so, the opposing ideology of the Party is strengthened, and the Party members feel part of something greater than themselves in coming together, literally, to “hiss” and yell at a common …show more content…
During angry demonstrations of Hate Week, “Goldstein was burned in effigy, hundreds of copies of the poster of the Eurasian soldier were torn down and added to the flames … rumor flew round that spies were directing the rocket bombs … old couple who were suspected of being of foreign extraction had their house set on fire and perished of suffocation” (Orwell 149). The Party is devoted to preparing for Hate Week. However, most of the propaganda that is presented during this time, is a lie. Yet, it does not matter to the vast majority of the people of Oceania, for the powerful emotions of fear and hatred that drive the mass processions overshadow the possibility that Hate Week as a whole may be completely fabricated. Fear and hatred have the power to bring the people of Oceania together to commit brutish actions, such as setting houses on fire, just at the thought that the people inside it may oppose the