The Outer Party And The Proles In George Orwell's '1984'

The idea of a dystopian society continues to fascinate and terrify mankind. In literature, movies, and real life, the future has often been experimented with and predicted by many scholars. Thoughts on dystopian governments contrast from controlled societies to free societies. In the novel, 1984, George Orwell describes a dystopian society ruled with an iron fist under Big Brother. Inside the society the three distinct groups, the inner party, the outer party, and the proles are extremely different. The inner party, the royalty of Oceania and the members who run the secrets of the government take the responsibility of ruling over the outer party and the proles. The differences between how the government treats the outer party and how they treat the proles are …show more content…
The proles are allowed to live as they please seeing as they are only meant to breed and labor. While sex and prostitution is frowned upon for the outer party, the proles are free to partake in both. The party hands out sports, alcohol, cards for gambling, and pornography to keep the proles entertained. By doing this, the inner party leads the proles to believe that they are living a fantastic life which makes them love the party and its ideologies. The party tricks them into thinking they are not being oppressed. However this is very different than how the outer party lives. They have to wear specific uniforms depending on their work and rank in the party. They are given all their provisions by the inner party and as a treat are only allowed victory cigarettes and victory gin which are cheap and disgusting. If there is a supply that they need but weren’t given, they have to go through the black market to receive it. The inner party rations and controls everything given to the party so they can’t run away from Oceania. They also do it to prove the power that they have over the outer party and to prove that Big Brother is the