i see a connection!

well after looking at the two essays from today and then having all day to compare them to how Orwell talks about fear. and i think Orwell in a sense relates to both but in different ways. for the first one its how fear is created by higher power in order to have control of people that "need" to be controlled. and then with the second one, i saw the connection with how political party members use fear to win over a crowd instead of the truth because in all honesty fear drives people more than the truth. although everyone can say they would like to know the truth..if you think about it truth isnt going to drive someone to do certain things that are asked of them, however if fear is thrown into the picture people will go to any length to prevent the said fear from happening. in 1984 you can see that, everyone is driven by fear...everything they do isnt done because they want to necessarily but because if they dont there could be some serious consequences. i feel this really connects to the essays and our modern society because in so many ways fear controls our lives, whether it be with ourselves or with our government.