Proles

only winston but also the whole party look down upon the proles as insignificant, like animals. While in reality the party is the most animalistic.. In the novel, the party have only limited telescreens and spies in the proles because they’re deemed as unimportant. The proles therefore are presented with the secular dish called freedom which some people similar to winston, would very much die for. In addition to this new found freedom the proles were able to stay “human” unlike the people from…

named the Proles believe they live in a utopia because in their society and class in the hierarchy they are constantly satisfied with their lives. The leader of Oceania continues to make the Proles content with their lives by giving them things that satisfy them in their lives.“Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds” (Orwell 71). Orwell is stating that the Proles…

The book, 1984 by George Orwell, is dystopian and political novel that describes authoritarian government that manipulate the public dictates the political system to control the public and persecute any individualism and independent thinking. The story is placed in London, in the nation of Oceania, during 20th century. London in this story is ruled by the upper-class Party which controls public in mechanisms of new language, telescreen, and even people’s thought. Winston Smith, the main…

Cassidy Bulger In the novel, 1984, by George Orwell, there is a significant change in the tone between Part 1 and Part 2. As protagonist Winston Smith learns more about Big Brother and how he can join a rebellion against it, the tone of the novel begins to become more positive. In Part 1, the tone could be considered miserable, bleak, and hopeless. But as the audience reads into Part 2, there is a shift; and the novel begins to gain a rebellious, strong, and hopeful tone. The shifts in the…

In a society under a totalitarian government, control is everything. George Orwell’s novel 1984 is based in a totalitarian country know as Oceania. Oceania is broken into three social classes: the Inner Party, the Outer Party, and the Proletarians. The novel is narrated through an Outer Party member and main character, Winston Smith. Winston narrates his experiences of rebellion against the iron fist known as the Inner Party. The society’s leader, Big Brother, makes it so all members of the…

1984 a novel written by George Orwell depicts a time where the government at the time is in complete control of its citizens. The main character throughout the novel is Winston Smith, an employee for the government. He works in the Ministry of Truth records department. Throughout the novel he displays heroic acts and attempts to change the society in which he lives for the better. Through his heroic efforts he strives for freedom for his fellow people regardless of his fate in the end. Winston…

which is frequently enough or quality food. In such a world then, would it not make sense for the overweight to be few and far between? As we see in the real world, aside from places of extreme starvation, that is not the case. Particularly among the proles of 1984, being overweight or obese is normal, as the foods the lower classes have always had the greatest and easiest access to tend to also be the same foods that expand their frame. The similarities to the real world do not end there, as…

rebelled they cannot become conscious” (Orwell 70). He explains that class consciousness among the proles is impossible because they will never be made fully aware since the statement he writes is a contradiction in itself. It is a contradiction because to become aware, one needs to rebel, but one can’t rebel without being aware. If this is the case, then it is meaningless to surveille people such as the proles due to the fact that they do not pose a true threat to the government for the reason…

Anyone who read this understand that the citizens don’t have any privacy at all, especially the members. “It was the Police Patrol, snooping into people’s windows (p2).” Everywhere there is a telescreen capturing movement and activity of a person. “The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely (p2).” Not only is it invading individual privacy, but it also very annoying sometime when the exercise leader yell at people. “6079…

As Winston walks through the prole district, he is angered at how much freedom they are given because he is the only that realizes they have potential to overthrow the Party. The proles are not smart to realize that they have the power and number to end the regime of of the Party. On one side, the proles are given the freedom to live their life but they lack the intellectual ability to use this freedom and rebel against…