The Two
Minutes Hate is an outlet for all the pent-up aggression and hostility experienced by outer
Party members who live miserable lives of material deprivation and who are not supposed to enjoy
sex. It occurs during the work day and focuses each person's energy on hatred of the traitor
Emmanuel Goldstein. Individuals turn into a bloodthirsty mob as the hate continues, though it
ends with the supposedly comforting face of Big Brother. At this point, the workers, in a
delirium, start chanting "B-b! B-b!"gets carried away by the hate sessions, but also
loathes them. The "sub-human chanting" for Big Brother fills him with
"horror."
understands the Two-Minute Hate as way for the state to
channel repressed and frustrated sexual energy. As she says to Winston:
All this marching up and down and cheering and waving flags is
simply sex gone sour. If you're happy inside yourself, why should you get excited about Big
Brother and the Three-Year Plans and the Two Minutes Hate and all...
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