Question

Orwell writes:

"The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretense was always unnecessary. A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic.” (Pg. 16)

Does this description remind you of anything you have seen on television, or in the movies? What is significant about Winston's reaction?

Answer 1

The description does remind you of things on t.v. like a television show, with 32 episodes and 12 seasons. Called N.C.I.S, it's a show that's has a good point of view and 3 main purposes. They have a sludge hammer, hideous ecstasy of not a lot of fear and is laws of unnecessary vision to victims.