He presents the apathetic laughter of the audience as normal, and does not acknowledge his own lack of humanity either. Winston has basically been trained to behave only with regard to himself. Every facet of his life is regulated, Thoughtcrime makes original or rebellious thoughts forbidden, and the existence of the Thought Police makes it so that even if he did want to conjure rebellious thoughts, he knows he will be caught and severely punished. The conditioning in 1984 is more ambiguous than that of Brave New World, but still there are similarities, such as the ‘Two Minutes Hate’ and the ‘Solidarity Service’, which both facilitate feverish, animalistic emotions from the participants, and solidify their acquiescence to the state's imposed lifestyle. In Brave New World, the conditioning is done openly and for the widely recognized purpose of fitting different members to their different paths in life. The scene in which lower-caste babies are conditioned by terror and pain into a hatred of books and flowers exposes that under the smooth surface, this society can be as ruthless as the Party. Between the two texts, there is an interesting
He presents the apathetic laughter of the audience as normal, and does not acknowledge his own lack of humanity either. Winston has basically been trained to behave only with regard to himself. Every facet of his life is regulated, Thoughtcrime makes original or rebellious thoughts forbidden, and the existence of the Thought Police makes it so that even if he did want to conjure rebellious thoughts, he knows he will be caught and severely punished. The conditioning in 1984 is more ambiguous than that of Brave New World, but still there are similarities, such as the ‘Two Minutes Hate’ and the ‘Solidarity Service’, which both facilitate feverish, animalistic emotions from the participants, and solidify their acquiescence to the state's imposed lifestyle. In Brave New World, the conditioning is done openly and for the widely recognized purpose of fitting different members to their different paths in life. The scene in which lower-caste babies are conditioned by terror and pain into a hatred of books and flowers exposes that under the smooth surface, this society can be as ruthless as the Party. Between the two texts, there is an interesting