Proles

The America known today and known in the past has manipulated what we believe it to be from what it actually is. Despite what Americans think about them being free, and having a unpersuaded say in what goes on the country, they are actually quite controlled and manipulated into helping a dominant elite, when it does not benefit them and really harms them instead. In the essay “From Ingsoc and Newspeak to Amcap, Amerigood, and Marketspeak, “ by Edward Herman the reader is shown the truth behind…

progressed to the point that the proles had no choice but to work for whatever hours or wages they could. It was either that or starve. Big bosses could pay their employees whatever they wanted and then take home as much of the profit as they desired. They could force their laborers to work for whatever hours they determined; others were always desperate for employment if the current staff was unwilling to comply. Toiling for exhausting 12-15 hour days for pathetic wages, the proles of the…

ones who decide the rules, decide the changes, decide the work hours for every member and most importantly they decide who gets vaporized. The only thing that the Inner Party doesn’t have complete control over is the proles and the outside world beyond the boundaries of Oceania. Proles aren’t members or comrades they are “lowlifes” that live a dark and gloomy life that no one really sees satisfying. Without the Inner Party, Oceania wouldn’t be Oceania, members wouldn’t be members and this book…

“ War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength ” - 1984 George Orwell. The most symbolic and persuasive quote written in the “1984” book, What does it really mean? Why does Orwell uses this kind of repetition all over the book in every chapter? The slogan is divided in three,when reading at first sight you would probably say they all contradict each other, After critical thinking and reading the novel I can certainly say there is truth behind them. War is peace, what the book…

Would you realize you’re living in a dystopian society if you were in one? In reading two different oppressive novels, 1984 and Brave New World shed light onto modern American issues. During 1984, Winston believes he can confide in a co-worker named Julia with his taboo thoughts about his government but later undergoes a mind-altering torture to turn both Winston and Julia into government-loving employees. This book entails of a utilitarian society through the main character Winston, whereas…

altogether), and altering or “repairing” past historical documents to reveal “the truth”. The ranks are inner party, outer party, and proles. Inner party being the highest and the proles basically being the scum of the earth. The proles are ranked so low that they aren’t monitored as closely because the party believes that their ignorance is reassurance enough that the proles will never speak…

not going to have enough potential to occur. (Orwell 210). Winston wrote in his diary, “If there is hope it lies in the proles” (Orwell 69). Winston means exactly as he wrote: if any hope of a rebellion is there, it must lie within the proles. He thought this way for a few reasons. The proles make up about 85 percent of the total population of Oceania. The sheer number of proles there are in the society alone would be easy enough to start a rebellion with, but there is one teeny tiny problem. If…

Winston sees this as an opportunity for a rebellion saying “If there is hope … it lies in the proles” (Orwell 69). He sees the proles as free from the Party and able to create change. In his rebellion, he goes to a bar in the proles quarters and tries to get information out of an older gentleman pertaining to what the world was like before the Party’s control (Orwell 92). The old man was not of great help though…

According to the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause…” Yet, in the United States at this very moment, the government is collecting information on everyone who makes any kind of call, sends any kind of email, plays any kind of video game, or owns any kind of computer. They are in…

He commits “thoughtcrime” by writing in a diary (“Down with Big Brother”) and from that moment on assumes he is doomed. Winston spends his time wandering through the neighborhoods of the Proles, who are given a social status so low they are not monitored by the totalitarian control of the Party. Winston becomes fascinated with O’Brien, a man he believes to be a part of an anti-Party organization called the Brotherhood. Winston meets a young…