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Social groups are considered to be an essential part of human society. They play major roles in our existence because social groups are capable of giving meaning to a person's life. Social groups are omnipresent. A writer represents social groups in different ways to establish structure to the text. By doing this the reader is given a particular tone that is associated with each group. The author associated for the tones for each group for a specific reason so that the readers can see through their point of view.
One book in which social groups are represented in a particular wat is in the book 1984 by George Orwell. In the book there are three major social groups: the Proles, the Outer Party and the Inner Party. The inner party members like O’Brien have certain benefits like a servant and a big private home, because they work …show more content…
The oxford dictionaries describes the word ‘prole’ as ‘a member of the working class’. The book 1984 portrays the proles in similar way. They are unhealthy, animal-like, working class people. The proles live in an abandoned area which is very filthy, “He was walking up a cobbled street of little two-storey houses with battered doorways which gave straight on the pavement and which were somehow curiously suggestive of ratholes” (Orwell, 86) Furthermore, the proles are described as “swollen, waddling women” and “old bent creatures shuffling along on splayed feet” (Orwell, 86) which shows that they are old, pathetic and shabby people. Moreover, the Party does not see the proles as human beings, but as an animal-like creature who should be kept under control, “the Party taught that the proles were natural inferiors who must be kept in subjection, like animals.” (Orwell, 74). Orwell compared animals to proles, which leads the reader to imagine the proles as dirty, uncivilized and non-human people. By doing this, George Orwell has represented the proles as very pessimistic and negative
Social groups are considered to be an essential part of human society. They play major roles in our existence because social groups are capable of giving meaning to a person's life. Social groups are omnipresent. A writer represents social groups in different ways to establish structure to the text. By doing this the reader is given a particular tone that is associated with each group. The author associated for the tones for each group for a specific reason so that the readers can see through their point of view.
One book in which social groups are represented in a particular wat is in the book 1984 by George Orwell. In the book there are three major social groups: the Proles, the Outer Party and the Inner Party. The inner party members like O’Brien have certain benefits like a servant and a big private home, because they work …show more content…
The oxford dictionaries describes the word ‘prole’ as ‘a member of the working class’. The book 1984 portrays the proles in similar way. They are unhealthy, animal-like, working class people. The proles live in an abandoned area which is very filthy, “He was walking up a cobbled street of little two-storey houses with battered doorways which gave straight on the pavement and which were somehow curiously suggestive of ratholes” (Orwell, 86) Furthermore, the proles are described as “swollen, waddling women” and “old bent creatures shuffling along on splayed feet” (Orwell, 86) which shows that they are old, pathetic and shabby people. Moreover, the Party does not see the proles as human beings, but as an animal-like creature who should be kept under control, “the Party taught that the proles were natural inferiors who must be kept in subjection, like animals.” (Orwell, 74). Orwell compared animals to proles, which leads the reader to imagine the proles as dirty, uncivilized and non-human people. By doing this, George Orwell has represented the proles as very pessimistic and negative