Sunday, May 16, 2010

Parallels/Reaction to the Red Scare

The spread of Communism was a major fear of Americans during Orwell's time, as highlighted with the Red Scare. During the Red Scare, people were suspicious of everyone they encountered and were willing to accuse them of crimes if they even thought that there was a link to Communism, which often resulted in false accusations that ruined lives. This parallels the children that turned their parents over to the Thought Police for what were essentially non-crimes. In this way 1984 serves as a reaction to the hysteria Orwell was experiencing and a warning for all those that were overreacting to the situation at hand.

SOURCE: "The Red Scare." UMKC School of Law. Web. 17 May 2010. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/saccov/redscare.html.

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