1984 Fear Analysis

Are people controlled by their fears or pleasures? According to George Orwell’s view in the novel 1984, people are controlled by their fears. Some fears may be caused by wars, earthquakes, and many other fearful objects. I strongly stand with Orwell and his opinion rather than Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, and Neil Postman, author of Amusing ourselves to Death, and their beliefs that people are controlled by their pleasures. I believe people are controlled by their fears. Nowadays, something that causes fears is war. War has been a dominant force in human nature. Our world is constantly having wars, causing its inhabitants to be scared and fearful. We are left traumatized and fearing that we could lose our lives or the life of someone we love or care about, according to the article War’s long-term effects. Currently, we have been getting war threats from North Korea. The United States and North Korea have had bad blood with each other for a while now. Both countries go back and forth threatening each other with war and nuclear bomb/ missile threats.These threats have a lot of people fearing for their lives. It makes us wonder how far each would go and if would we survive. Natural disasters such as earthquakes also cause people to be frightened. The reason being that earthquakes can cause so much damage
According to the article Americans fear technology more than dying, “People fear things they depend on but don’t have any control over. That’s technology.” Technology is tied to many things, such as social media. When it comes to technology you are being watched and heard by the government and other technology owners. They can get a hold of records of everything you do like; messages, calls, photos and so much more. People can then use this against you and blackmail you at times. You never know what can happen when it comes to technology, which is one of the most fearful things about