Essay On Proles In 1984

There is more than one connection that is to be made between the proles in George Orwell's novel, 1984 and today’s society, not only in America. The proles in Oceania makeup more than 80% of the population and in America that number is around 50%. In both of these nations, the lower class is the majority. The role and characteristics within each of these classes vary in similarities as well. Within this essay, I will go into depth about the connections that can be drawn between these two social classes.
Proles in Oceania have a similar label placed on them as the lower class societies do in our world. They are looked down upon and are expected to be uneducated. Nobody wants to be them. One difference that we have in societies around the world …show more content…
The inner party, to me, would be the politicians of our society. In Professor Goldstein’s book, he goes into detail about how the inner party must live their lives day to day. They must not be nervous, they must keep strict to the rules, any inner struggle that they may show, is scrutinized and well recorded. This relates to today's politicians in the sense that the media is on top of them almost all of the time. We, as citizens, want to know what the leaders of our country are thinking and doing and if they have a thought or an action that goes against what we believe is correct, we shame them or start riots or find a way to get that person out of office. Although these actions are not quite as extreme as torturing someone and “vaporizing” them, it is all the same. There have been people who have lost their jobs due to what they may claim as a simple mistake or a misjudgement. We are the thought police for our own government. We are constantly on the lookout for anyone to make a mistake, and when they do, you will have people in support of them and people who want nothing less than for that person to disappear. In this way we are also a lot like the children in 1984. Trained to point out something bad as soon as it