George Orwell's Three Social Classes In 1984 By George Orwell

In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the mega-country, Oceania, is split up into three social classes. Of the three social classes the Proles are the most marginalized, excluded and silenced. Orwell presents the proles as poor, unintelligent, animal like and of no concern to the government. The proles get excluded a significant amount more than the other two parties do. They have access to past memories, are the majority of the country and struggle to stay alive yet the government chooses not to bother suppressing and controlling them in the same ways the Inner and Outer Parties are.
The social structure that exists within the book is crucial to the story. The government is divided up into 3 groups. Theres the Inner Party which I would compare to “upper class.” The Inner Party has the most benefits, they have access to information, ins with the Party and Big Brother, health benefits, and much more security than the two lower classes. The Outer Party is what I would call “middle class”.” The Outer Party isn't as privileged as the Inner party but they have stable jobs, homes and at least think that they have access to information, protection and benefits. The proles definitely seem to represent the “lower class” of 1984. The government compares them to animals by saying “only Proles and …show more content…
This quote is a great example of the capabilities that the proles hold. If there is any hope at all for the future of Oceania, it lies within the working lower class of the Country. 80% of the population of Oceania is made up of proles, this is extremely dangerous to the Party because if this large of a group wanted to revolt they wouldn’t have much trouble doing so and the government knows that. The proles seem to react to the government, and fear of dying differently than the middle and upper class. Some even remember how it was before the revolution and still make no effort towards change because their main focus is