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George Orwell, 1984, And The Purge: The Power Of Fear

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There is a question that arises in today’s society: What is fear? By definition, fear is “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc.,whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid” (“Fear”) . I wonder how does fear feel like. Fear is a word that cannot be expressed but is experienced first-hand. I believe fear is our imagination that is created by our personal lives, pictures, and nightmares. Regardless of the era humans are born, we are already incited by fear. Some examples of my fears are spiders, snakes, and heights. For me, I have several fears; my biggest fears are the fear of the unknown. I have these fears for a long time. In the George Orwell 1984 and the movie The Purge: …show more content…

VSauce explain that the reason we are afraid is because of “the terror of ambiguity”(VSauce, 2016). Ambiguity is “the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways”("Ambiguity"). For example, “a mask hides the true emotion and intentions of the person underneath. [We do not know] if the person wearing that mask is threat or not” (VSauce, 2016). My psychological change is the reason for arachnophobia, ophiophobia and acrophobia. In 1984, children are used as spies and Winston states, "With those children, he thought, that [Mrs.Parsons] must lead a life of terror. Another year or two they would be watching her day and night for symptoms of orthodoxy." (Orwell 26). These fears prevent me from doing new things. It puts “a mask” to hide my intention and emotions of my fears; by putting on “a mask”, my intention and emotion is unsure of what to do when facing my fears. This is the “terror of ambiguity” VSauce is talking; he talks about our uncertainty of our emotions to our fear. Everytime, I try to face my fears, there is a voice saying “do not do it” and convinced me to back out. Similarly in 1984, Mrs.Parson fears her children because her children are spies and report any crime to BIG BROTHER. She cannot do anything because her children constantly watch her. She following the “terror of ambiguity” because one side of her conscience wants to fight for freedom and her children, but other

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