Title: Describe "Hate Week" with 3 quotations of what they are working on, and explain the purpose of Hate Week. - eNotes.com
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Describe "Hate Week" with 3 quotations of what they are working on, and explain the purpose of Hate Week.
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Content: Ironically, after all the preparation for Hate Week, in which the focus will be Oceania’s enemy Eurasia and when “and the general hatred of Eurasia had boiled up into such delirium,” it turns out that
“Oceania was not after all at war with Eurasia. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Eurasia was an ally.” Orwell uses satire here to mock Oceania and the fomenting of anti-Eurasia sentiment. He notes the easily fickle political winds that can change within the span of a Hate Week to make a former enemy an ally and a former ally an enemy. Last Updated by eNotes Editorial on February 1, 2020
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Hate Week channels the aggressions that build up in people because of their miserable lives and directs them toward an enemy that is not the state. Hate Week provides an emotional release and validates hate as an emotion. The preparations also keep people busy around the clock, so that their entire lives are focused on the state. As Orwell writes: Working hours had been drastically increased in anticipation of Hate Week.