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The purpose of my written task is to identify the proletarians as a marginalized, excluded and silenced group in the book 1984. The book was written by George Orwell, and published in 1949. The task refers to part 4, the studied literature part of the English Language and Literature course - Power and Privilege - and comprises of the various cultural, social and historical contexts belonging to the novel.
While playing a relatively minor role in the novel, the proletarians (Proles) constitute the vast majority of the population of Oceania. The main focus of the book is what happens inside the party while the proles are depicted to be insignificant and peripheral.
My written task will attempt to highlight what the Party believes, or …show more content…
Where Winston reacts positively to an inhumane war film being shown near the beginning of the novel, a prole woman shouts her objection to it. When Winston is walking in the Proletarian vicinity, he is regarded suspiciously, yet still a prole cautions him about the incoming missile, which shows the natural human compassion of the proles. When the proletariat forms a worried crowd afterward, Winston's reaction is to kick away a human hand.
Correspondingly, this can be reflected upon where Winston determines that "the proles had stayed human", while he himself, and other party members need to teach themselves the "primitive emotions" which are natural to human beings.
While the Proles exist as a marginalised majority in the novel, they also exist as a contrast to Winston's character. Winston lives in a constant state of paranoia. He lives his life completely oppressed and controlled. A woman who sings when she is handling the washing represents the proles. Winston calls her beautiful. This woman is happy enough to sing. She is poor, and only has the bare necessities, yet she does have her freedom. Winston cannot sing, as that would be classed as misbehaviour. Even sadder still, Winston does not have the urge to
The purpose of my written task is to identify the proletarians as a marginalized, excluded and silenced group in the book 1984. The book was written by George Orwell, and published in 1949. The task refers to part 4, the studied literature part of the English Language and Literature course - Power and Privilege - and comprises of the various cultural, social and historical contexts belonging to the novel.
While playing a relatively minor role in the novel, the proletarians (Proles) constitute the vast majority of the population of Oceania. The main focus of the book is what happens inside the party while the proles are depicted to be insignificant and peripheral.
My written task will attempt to highlight what the Party believes, or …show more content…
Where Winston reacts positively to an inhumane war film being shown near the beginning of the novel, a prole woman shouts her objection to it. When Winston is walking in the Proletarian vicinity, he is regarded suspiciously, yet still a prole cautions him about the incoming missile, which shows the natural human compassion of the proles. When the proletariat forms a worried crowd afterward, Winston's reaction is to kick away a human hand.
Correspondingly, this can be reflected upon where Winston determines that "the proles had stayed human", while he himself, and other party members need to teach themselves the "primitive emotions" which are natural to human beings.
While the Proles exist as a marginalised majority in the novel, they also exist as a contrast to Winston's character. Winston lives in a constant state of paranoia. He lives his life completely oppressed and controlled. A woman who sings when she is handling the washing represents the proles. Winston calls her beautiful. This woman is happy enough to sing. She is poor, and only has the bare necessities, yet she does have her freedom. Winston cannot sing, as that would be classed as misbehaviour. Even sadder still, Winston does not have the urge to