Examples Of A Dystopia In George Orwell's '1984'

Essay 1984 is a dreary dystopia written by George Orwell set in London, Oceana. This society is controlled by The Party that brainwashes everyone into believing a reality they create. Their ideas of love are nonexistent and sex is an act done solely to produce the next generation they can control. Ultimately, there is no existing feelings or ideas of love; affection and sensuality is a heinous crime. So the question applied to our existence is: Can a society based on hate survive? Our ability to think individually and form our own opinions and emotions towards people, situations, and the memories we collect is what allows us to thrive and obtain genuine happiness and fulfillment. “The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.” (George Orwell) All the negative trial and tribulations we go through is only worthwhile if our end result is happiness or satisfaction in the things we pursue. There is no motivating factor if we do not think there will be a reward at the end of it. The party combats this by choosing what each individual thinks and does so the desire to succeed or achieve is gone.
“But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred.” (1984) “Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act.” (George Orwell) It was more important to The Party to be feared than admired or respected. They felt that hate was essential to eliminate the possibility of opposition or alternative ideas that conflicted with