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Love And Hate In George Orwell's 1984

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Without love we tend to grow a sense of hatred within ourselves and for each other. In the novel, 1984, Big Brother is portrayed as the leader in society, symbolizing a god-like figure who has total dominance over their citizens. Therefore, the people find themselves full of hate considering their government is controlling them. George Orwell's message in 1984 claims that a society based on hate would not survive seeing that the people would be the cause of their own destruction.
The story 1984 focuses on a man named Winston Smith, who lives in Oceania, an imaginative country, ruled by the Party through a totalitarianism government. In their world, people are divided by three social groups such as the Inner Party, the Outer Party, and the Proles. …show more content…

In the story, the Party uses the power of hate to take advantage of the people into loving Big Brother. For example, the point when Winston and Julia had a love affair with each other, was not only for lust but also to rebel against their government. With regard to their love affair the novel states “Not merely the love of one person, but the animal instinct , the simple undifferentiated desire: the was the force that would tear the Party to pieces. He pressed her down upon the grass, among the fallen bluebells.” (Orwell, 126) They were never in love because the hate they had for Big Brother is what lead them to commit such an act. The love and friendship people have for each other in Oceania is non-existent. The Party desperately tries to erase love for anything but Big Brother from the lives of their citizens. In doing so, they manage to place telescreens in every house, street, and public place which is a security camera to prevent anyone from committing an act of rebellion towards Big Brother. In addition, there is no friendship and people are forced into serving Big Brother by a selective job. In the novel, it states “The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love and justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement. (Orwell, 267) This reveals that in their society, people are being forced to be someone they’re

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