Book Analysis of 1984 by George Orwell

Why Does Oceania Have Three Classes? Must There Really Be Inequality? In order for any society to work and thrive, there must be inequality between the citizens or social classes that occupy it. This is what Oceania figured out in the book 1984 by George Orwell. There were three social classes in Oceania, wherein inequality among the classes was strongly displayed. Each of the three classes had their own role and place in society. As it is portrayed, the higher the class the better place in society. Each of the three classes had their own individual name: Inner Party, Outer Party, and the Proles. The Inner Party was the highest class and had the most privileges, while the proles were the lowest class and had the fewest privileges. Since the Proles had the fewest privileges, one would think that this would upset them and cause them to revolt. However, since they did not know any better, they were content with how they were. Since the Outer Party was the middle class, they could see more clearly just how wrong the Proles were being treated by the government. This made the Outer Party very upset because they could not do anything about it. The Inner Party was a small-ish group of people that ruled the society. The Outer Party is like the middle class today, they do all the dirty work of the Inner Party and worked to cover up errors made by the Party and put in lies instead. The Proles are viewed as nothing more but simple-minded animals who do not know really anything. For this reason, Oceania tries to foster the inequality among all of the classes. The classes are differentiated according to the privileges they receive. They do this to assert dominance among the classes, as well as in order to keep stability. In conclusion, there must be order for any society to work and thrive. There must be inequality in order to assert dominance and to have direction. If Oceania would not have considered this in the book 1984 by George Orwell, there would not have been

Cited: Orwell, George. 1984. New York: Penguin, 1949. Print.