Proles

1984: Freedom is Slavery The book 1984 brings up questions about life. As you read through the book, you begin to ask yourselves how different are we really from the story that George Orwell made up. There are many topics that are brought up in 1984, however what made me, personally, wonder and think the most is the idea of freedom, are the Party members enslaved or are they free in a different way than it is known to others. “Freedom is Slavery”, this is part of the Party’s slogan that is…

watchful eye symbol adds to the conflict of Winston 's rebellion against the Party and contributes to the Party destroying his hope. Even in the prole town there lies dust: “there was a dingy little pub whose windows appeared to be frosted over, but in reality were merely covered by the dust” (76). The government acting as dust even remains in the proles ' lives, even though Winston believes he is safe there. This dust furthers the complications as Winston asks a man about the past in this pub.…

Shakespeare and Orwell are similar writers with the values and beliefs of their readers when exploring being human and experiences that define humanity. Shakespeare and Orwell explore human life, nature and society to connect with their readers. They explore human life with dealing with death and conforming or being original. Both explore human nature with law and order or freedom and social or individuals. To explore human society they both use caring for the weak or letting them fend for…

There are many different ways in which they are being controlled so easily. In 1984, Oceania is ruled by Big Brother. The four levels of society include the inner party, the middle party, lower class party. The very bottom ones are called the proles. Close to 85% of the population…

Dust is everywhere in Oceania. It is in Winston’s apartment, on the streets, and even in the creases of Mrs. Parson’s face. The dust, and the ruin it represents, symbolizes the level of the decay of the physical world prevalent in Oceania. It gives the impression that the quality of life in Oceania is constantly being made worse be the rules of the government. This reinforces the theme of “the destruction of the human spirit.” Orwell was trying to impose upon his readers just how dreary and…

neighborhoods that have accesses to everything. All neighborhoods should have supermarkets or other places that provide all nutrition food. I find the perfect example from the book “1984” by George Orwell, it mentioned inner party, outer party, and proles. It explains how Inner Party is in the control of everything like food, war, and law. It is similar as high, middle, low classes in this society. It has abstract meanings to…

On the ninetieth page of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston Smith writes in his diary: "If there is hope, it lies in the proles." Throughout the novel, Winston attempts to discover just how to overthrow the tyrannical Party, a mission that proves fatal to both his body and spirit. His diary entry expresses a certainty that the proletariat – the uneducated and economically deprived demographic which constitutes eighty-five percent of Oceania's population – could easily overpower the Party, if they…

In the dictionary a hero is defined as a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Winston is both a hero and an antihero because he does not have the typical traits that would make him a hero, although he is only trying to stop the reign of Big Brother. In Oceania he was considered to have a “normal” life because he had good job and “friends”. But even with all this he was not satisfied…

but soon be developed to map the insides of people 's brains. The future of a non-totalitarian government will become distinct. Humans would become inseparable from the Inner Party, this party has different social standards than the Outer Party or Proles. The Inner Parties brains are already corrupt to the bare bones. The question that needs to be asked is, is government’s decision to be in control all things and everything “making life better or worse for ordinary people” (Kinzer)? Being in…

They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning.” Yet, at the novel’s end, Winston’s romantic vision of rebellion remains unfulfilled. The proles do not rise up in Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Winston, who does not have the privilege of a life unnoticed, cannot. In the end, Big Brother, as always, has won—and language, and all that it symbolizes, has failed. As Arendt recognizes, power “springs…