Chapter V

1. The Party inflicts harm upon its own citizens. The Party does this to spur hatred among
its own citizens, who blame the enemy for all of the destruction they receive. Society is
kept together when they all have something in common to hate. This is one of the ways in
which the Party can control the citizens. The more that the citizens hate the enemy, the
more love they possess for Big Brother. Also, it is unlikely that an enemy would commit
its atrocities at a time so close to the Hate Week.