Title: Two Minutes Hate | Food For Thought!
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Two Minutes Hate
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Content: In doing this, the readers are compelled to oppose the Party, arousing emotions that develop momentum. Reply
isobelklu
August 7, 2011 at 5:45 am ∞
The ‘Two Minutes Hate’ in George Orwell’s novel 1984 generates momentum in the story and intrigues the reader to continue. Winston Smith, the protagonist of the story, is portrayed as a fairly levelheaded, intelligent man until the ‘Two Minutes Hate’ when even he is succumbed to frenzy. ” Winston found that he was shouting with the others and kicking his heel violently against the rung of his chair… a hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces with a sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people” (pg17). Orwell uses this narrative device of characterisation to expose to the reader to how easily manipulated and controlled the Party members can be. This creates momentum in the novel by shocking the reader to continue discovering the cult-like motions that this totalitarian government implies. The reoccurring motif “WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORNACE IS STRENGTH” produces momentum in the novel by frustrating the reader by the ridiculousness of the Party’s regime and propaganda. Especially during the ‘Two Minutes Hate’, the dark satire in the slogan mocks how easily a totalitarian government can feed lies and fabrications into the minds of their followers – and how easily the followers can swallow it. The ‘Two Minutes Hate’ ends with the crowd of people chanting “B-B” to the face of their “saviour” (Big Brother). Orwell uses this eerie dialogue and style of writing to contribute to the momentum of the novel by overwhelming the reader in the emotions of the crowd and illustrating the how the Party members have been manoeuvred to feel.