Pros And Cons In George Orwell's '1984'

In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, there are three countries in total, and they all have same system of government which is oligarchy that only a few people controls the government. The story sets mainly in one of the countries, Oceania. People can be separated into three distinct types which are proles, outer party members and inner party members. 85 percent of the population are proles. Proles receive little educations and live in poverty. Therefore, they are ignorant, don’t pay attention to the government, and focus only on their micro lives. This results in they never own the idea of rebelling the government in order to build a better environments for themselves to live, and they would only see the small picture and surpass people in the …show more content…
They were brainwashed to be the slave of the party. Thought polices lives among them and keep them under surveillance in order to stop the growth of dangerous thoughts at the first place. Therefore the idea of making one’s choice is either prevented or never come to their minds. Outer party members seems much richer and more educated than proles, but they are not definitely happier than proles. Despite proles and outer party members share the same level of happiness in some way, outer party members have less freedom than proles. Telescreens are only installed in each party members’ house to monitor their daily behaviors, and actions, and to display propaganda, and songs. There are strict laws only for party members. Party members shouldn’t have the ability of feeling love, and the desire of sexual activity. Their marriages are decided by the party. Children are considered as the duty to the party. These laws are not imposed upon proles, because “Proles and animals are free.” (72). Also, they can have religious worship if they need it or want …show more content…
He notices that the party alters the past to strength their powers, and brainwashes people to have double thought by discovering things that contradicts his memories. Therefore, everything that the party says is truth. However, Winston perceives lies that hide beneath the cover of the party. He start to have the desire to overthrow the party. He understands the difficulty of destroying the party. He believes that the “If there is hope, it lies in the proles.” () The party believes that Proles are unimportant and harmless. Proles’ chance of successfully rebelling the party is higher than party members. However, Winston realizes “Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”(70) later, because he witnesses a riot that is stared by proles just for cooking pots. Julia is Winston’s lover. She is younger than Winston and born after the formation of the party. Same as Winston, she understands the ideology of the party. However, she doesn’t care about the truth of the party as long as the party is not on her way to stop her from experiencing love and sexual activity. Parsons and Syme are two characters that are close to Winston. Contrast to Winston and Julia, Parsons and Syme truly love the Big Brother. Despite of that, there is a difference between Parsons and Syme. Parsons lives a mostly