Journal #6

Part 2:  Chapter 9

      There is a lot of materiel that can be covered in chapter 9 that is for sure, but i think i'm going to focus the majority of this post on the small bit that their is about HateWeek. I think that when you get down to the true essence of Hate Week it is not that much different than what we as a nation feel about Al Qaeda. Or, how ever we used to feel about any nation we viewed as a threat. The way in witch Hate Week is executed in 1984 is way more violent than anything that has happened in the U.S. It's not like we publicly hanged members of the KBG or terrorist groups. Yes, we waged war and killed their leaders but it was not a spectacle for all to see. It was not something that was an openly practiced event that even children looked forward to!
      It's not the same in practice, but maybe in the emotions it caused people. While i'm not sure the people of 1984 completely understand what is happening during Hate Week, God knows i'm not even sure whats happening, they do know that the people presented are bad, and they are being eliminated so they inturn sure be happy. Our society and that aspect of Hate Week are pretty similar. I do think that the media in our society does the same thing that the party does in 1984, in putting all the blame for a bad event on one person or group.
      When 9-11 happened all the blame was on Osama Bin Laden and our country would only be happy again once he was eliminated. I was one who whooped when I heard the news of his death, but when I think about it did it really do anything to better our country? Don't get me wrong, but honestly it didn't stop the fact that there is always war, or that terrorist attacks can still happen. It basically just took the blame off one person and moved it to another. The brief relief some may felt was just that, brief. We always need someone to blame whether it be a president, terrorist group, or country it never stops. That's what Hate Week is, it's putting the blame of the war, or corruption of a society on a person or group or that it isn't rebounded to the leader of the country. While that may not work in our society, because our president takes the brunt of our blame game, I think the concept is generally the same. My point is that the undertones of Hate Week and the blame we as a nation put on someone or some group is not that different when you think about it.