Proles

“1984,” “The Long Watch,” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” depict conflicts between individuals and powerful groups. All three stories agree that power is an indispensable means because all the powerful groups need power to pursue their goals. In conflicts between individuals and powerful groups, whether or not the individuals have hope, they would take action and not retreat regardless of the results. The stories also imply that individuals do not have the ability to change the powerful…

the disapproval of the Party. It is because of their strong bond that Winston is compelled to rebel. Before Winston and Julia become involved, his rebellion consists solely of thoughtcrime and journalization. He also initiates conversation with a prole in a pub and, although it is ‘far too unusual an action to pass unnoticed’…

'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen ' - presumably a twenty-four hour clock. This was when I first took note that TV had without an invite had invaded us... it sits nonchalently on the wall with an unbridaled power. Since, then I mistrust anything that 's transmitted from the screen - so I 've download an internal firewall to protect myself on the off-chance TV will be wanting my vote at some stage - TV on the TV on a TV debate... I feel nauseus at the…

Another example of this idea is the food, “ ‘Nex’, please!’ yelled the white-aproned prole with the ladle. Winston and Syme pushed their trays beneath the grille. On to each was dumped swiftly the regulation lunch” (Orwell 64). The government gives out regulation lunches to the working class since it is all the same for each person, while…

LEGAL STUDIES Civil law is one the main branches of law that help regulate society, Civil Law is classified as private law. The branch deals with non-criminal matters and allows an individual of society to bring fourth civil wrong doings that have been done to them that were caused by other members of the public. Civil law deals with minor issues such disputes between friends, business partners, consumer and retailer and a government department. Criminal law is another branch of law, Criminal…

Aspects of Human Emotion and How It Fails in 1984 What makes us human? Is it they way we look or maybe the way we feel towards each other? Most people don’t notice that what makes us human is the amount sympathy and empathy we have. As well as small gestures of compassion we have toward others. But what happens when it’s all questioned and later thought to be wrong. Once it’s deemed wrong, we as human can not be human. We will soon become expected to be in a constant war, unable to our see…

Aspects of Human Emotion and How it Fails in 1984 What makes us human? Is it the way we look or maybe the way we feel towards each other? Most people do not notice that what makes us human is the amount of sympathy and empathy we have for each other. One of which are the small gestures of compassion we have toward others. What happens when it is all questioned, like in Orwell’s book, then later thought to be wrong? Once it is deemed wrong, we as humans cannot be human. Soon we become expected to…

The Cost of Freedom As Americans continue to heavily rely on digital means of media and communication, surveillance over the population becomes easier than ever for the government to carry out. One of the main institutions created in the United States to gather intelligence is the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA monitors the phone calls, emails, text messages, contacts, photos, video calls, and many other aspects of digital communication utilized in today’s world as a means to protect…

This idea is reflective of the extreme fascist totalitarian regimes over Hitler’s Nazi Party and Stalin’s regime throughout Russia. Comparably to Metropolis, within 1984 there is an evident social hierarchy; The Elite Inner Party, Outer Party and the Proles. The condensed Inner Party ascertains control and authority through their symbolic ‘Big Brother’ leader. The face of the Party, Big Brother acts as reassurance and a trustworthy entity for many. Yet ironically, he is also depicted as an…

Charrington, there seems to be a concrete established notion of trust in this location, as it is located in proletariats (proles). However, the irony behind that so-established fact of trust is that inside the shop holds his greatest fear, rats, (149) as well as the later-realized hidden telescreen. The presence of rats in the shop foreshadows and reveals the truth that the…