The Impact Of Fear In George Orwell's Big Brother

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What drives fear in people? Maybe it’s a depraved person, death, heights, or the spider on the wall. Either way, everyone is afraid of something. In the book 1984 by George Orwell, the characters fear someone whom they don’t know the existence of called Big Brother. He is the symbol of fear, torture, and persecution in the eyes of the citizens of Oceania. In the following paragraphs, Big Brother’s impact of fear on people’s lives will be discussed. Also, a great leader of Germany by the name of Adolf Hitler will also be gone over.
To begin, there are many things that people are afraid of. In some cases, that fear is because of a person. In Orwell’s book called 1984, that happens to be the case amongst the citizens of Oceania. As Orwell states …show more content…

This happens because it is the party’s way of getting into the citizen's heads. On page (??) O’Brien says to Winston, “There are three stages in your reintegration. There is learning, there is understanding, and there is acceptance.” This quote from O’Brien tells us how the party manipulates the people into loving Big Brother. Their definitions of these three stages, however, are tortuous. They use learning to get the selected person to learn their crimes that they are accused of. For Winston, the first stage consisted of numerous beatings and degradation of his character. He is accused of all crimes of sexual perversion to spying. The party uses this technique to humiliate Winston and destroy his power of arguing and reasoning. Winston gives in and admits to all these crimes since he is afraid of further violence. Furthermore, Winston must understand to love Big Brother. At this point, O’Brien confesses to Winston that he is the author of Goldstein’s book. Winston continues to protest but then O’Brien shows him a powerful image which consisted of his own malnourished body. While Winston blames O’Brien for his health, O’Brien says “This is what you accepted when you set yourself up against the Party. It was all contained in the first act. Nothing has happened that you did not foresee.” (??) Since Winston is still not convinced, this …show more content…

Although Hitler was responsible for the lives of many people and was a real human being, him and Big Brother have many similarities. A few examples of how they are similar include their security, power, and leadership. The party in 1984 kept surveillance of their people and everything they did. Meanwhile, Hitler used guards to keep an eye on the Jews. Even though the Jews had direct supervision, both the Jews and the citizens of Oceania were closely being watched. Both Big Brother and Adolf Hitler used their power to control the people. On page (??) “Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or bed- no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters in your skull.” This quote refers to the eyes of Big Brother watching you. However, people of Oceania feared Big Brother more than the people of Germany feared Adolf. This is because of the fact that, despite Hitler’s violence, people still looked up to him because he tried to gain back their pride and cooperation following Germany's defeat in World War 1. Many German people felt that other nations were treating them badly. Therefore, they looked to Hitler to gain their pride and power back. “Some days in the camp you prayed to live; some days you prayed to die quick. Some days you didn't bother praying, knowing there was no sense

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