What is this thing called hate?

Every day, chairs are arranged in the hall, facing a large screen. The staff of the ministry-called the Ministry of Truth- sit in rows. At exactly eleven o’clock the ceremony ‘Two Minutes Hate’ commences.

In the novel 1984, this scene is part of life in Oceania, a country George Orwell created to make us disgusted with 20th century totalitarianism. ‘Two Minutes Hate’ is a brainwashing mechanism. The Pa