Commentary on Two Minutes Hate
,Context
● Published in 1949
● Worked as a British Imperial
Policeman: strict laws of a
regime he disliked
● Lived among destitute coal
miners: from capitalism to
democratic socialism
● Travelled to Spain to report on
the Spanish Civil War
● Rise of political absolute
authority (Spain, Germany, the
Soviet Union…), against
totalitarian societies
● Novels politically charged:
Animal Farm, 1984 (intended
trilogy)
, Society structure in 1984
Big Brother is watching you
● Telescreens always on
● Oceania, Eurasia, Eastasia
● State-regulated groceries: Victory Cigarettes, Victory Gin
○ Free market prohibited
● Institutions:
○ Thought Police, Thoughtcrime
○ Ministries: Truth, Peace, Love, Plenty
● Newspeak language
● Doublethink: the past is alterable, the past never had been altered
● The Brotherhood: underground network of conspirators
● Empirical method opposed to the principles of Ingsoc
,Context
● Published in 1949
● Worked as a British Imperial
Policeman: strict laws of a
regime he disliked
● Lived among destitute coal
miners: from capitalism to
democratic socialism
● Travelled to Spain to report on
the Spanish Civil War
● Rise of political absolute
authority (Spain, Germany, the
Soviet Union…), against
totalitarian societies
● Novels politically charged:
Animal Farm, 1984 (intended
trilogy)
, Society structure in 1984
Big Brother is watching you
● Telescreens always on
● Oceania, Eurasia, Eastasia
● State-regulated groceries: Victory Cigarettes, Victory Gin
○ Free market prohibited
● Institutions:
○ Thought Police, Thoughtcrime
○ Ministries: Truth, Peace, Love, Plenty
● Newspeak language
● Doublethink: the past is alterable, the past never had been altered
● The Brotherhood: underground network of conspirators
● Empirical method opposed to the principles of Ingsoc
