A main theme in George Orwell’s novel, 1984, is the manipulation the citizens’ minds to the point where they believe everything they hear and forget what really happened in the past. After a while, the people are completely under the control of the party and pretty much turn into robots, happy to accept or do anything for their ‘beloved’ leaders. The government makes it required to have a two-way telescreen in each home so the people are constantly bombarded with lies and propaganda of all sorts. The idea is to overwhelm their minds to the point where they can’t really think for themselves anymore; they eventually forget how to think independently. Events such as the two minutes of hate also tie into this topic. The participants are all yelling and hating all at the same time, and Winston is unable to keep from joining in. “The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but it was impossible to avoid joining in” (Orwell 16). The effect of a crowd of people all feeling these emotions at once is overpowering to the point of making it impossible to stop from following them. This corruption of minds is one step to leading to totalitarian power so the people can be controlled completely by the government with no free will of their own. In this way, they are no better than slaves.