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    by means of torture, suppression and isolation. In this world, lower class citizens, hereby known as The Proles, are described to be under the poorest conditions. The proles have a strong parallel with the working class described by Orwell on his novels Homage to Catalonia and Animal Farm. The writer’s political ideology seems too, to have strongly influenced upon the existence of the proles. Orwell had to experience “poverty and the sense of failure” after having to work for the Indian…

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    outer party, and the proles are extremely different. The inner party, the royalty of Oceania and the members who run the secrets of the government take the responsibility of ruling over the outer party and the proles. The differences between how the government treats the outer party and how they treat the proles are…

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    can be negative and can warrant a negative superiority complex. The the dystopian novel, 1984 written by George Orwell, the proles are representative of the American lower class seen through Winston’s eyes influenced by the human condition. In 1984, the reader sees Winston’s evolving beliefs regarding the proles and their lifestyle. Winston’s initial judgement of the proles is that they are low, uneducated, and poor which is similar to stereotypes about the American lower class. As thought by…

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    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…

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    1984 Social Groups Essay

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    George Orwell. In the book there are three major social groups: the Proles, the Outer Party and the Inner Party. The inner party members like O’Brien have certain benefits like a servant and a big private home, because they work…

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    1984 Book Review Essay

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    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…

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    Party and in this passage, Orwell expresses the oppression in which party members are under through diction. He uses this passage to show the mindlessness as well as the capabilities of the proles, the lowest class of people in Oceania. He utilizes this passage in characterizing and differentiating the proles and the…

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    1984 Free Essay

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    and Julia are given just a bit of freedom it gives them hope for corruption and hope to overcome the party, just like love. Freedom is also hope because the secret to happiness is freedom, and that can be seen in the proles because they are given the most freedom in 1984. The proles have the most freedom and they are happy, but if more freedom is granted to them, they will become happier and it won’t make them restricted to what the party…

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    refusal to speak in Newspeak. Soon enough, the Inner Party will not be able to control the people and will step down from power. A mountainous discharge towards the party will definitely overthrow Big Brother, but the main obstacle would be how the Proles are constantly under surveillance, meaning there would be no chance to plan an event. But, if a smaller, less intensive eruption…

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    Prole's Downfall

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    This is vital as Big Brother’s rule was reliant on the proles, who make up eighty percent of the population, to remain uneducated and clueless as to what is occurring so they do not revolt. However the notion that the truth can be hidden forever is nothing more than wishful. The rule of Big Brother could never endure, and the major cause of its downfall would be the rise of a free thinking leader or a leak of the truth that causes the proles to unite and overthrow Big Brother. The primary cause…

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