What does ‘prole’ mean? The Oxford dictionaries describes ‘prole’ as ‘a member of the working class.’ The book 1984 portrays the Proles in similar way, who are weak, animal-like, working class people. The Proles in 1984 are the vast majority (85%) of the populace, but they do not have a significant part in the novel. The Proles live in a deserted area which is described as very filthy, “He was walking up a cobbled street of little two-storey houses with battered doorways which gave straight on the pavement and which were somehow curiously suggestive of rat holes” (Orwell, 86) Furthermore, Orwell represented the Proles as “swollen, waddling women” and “old bent creatures shuffling along on splayed feet” (Orwell, 86) which shows that they…
In the year 1984 there is one political party for Oceania, known only as the Party, and led by Big Brother. Nobody opposes the party because the party controls the population using methods such as creating youth organizations, manipulating history through the Ministry of Truth, and the telescreens.…
People never accept these Truths because many don’t know the difference between right and wrong. For example, “Ignorance is Strength”(Orwell 26). If you told someone who wasn’t educated what the quote means that person would believe you because that person hasn’t had any other form of education. The people of 1984 are controlled in every form most everyone expect for Winston believes what Big Brother says. In addition “War is Peace”(Orwell 26), is another example showing how you can manipulate people with words.…
Goldstein says, “It governs so inefficiently that the masses are stirred to revolt.” In this case the eventual fall of Big Brother will be due to its inability to efficiently control its people, because of the years of invasive and tyrannical behavior of the ThoughtPolice on behalf of the Party. Ingsoc ideology entails Ignorance is Strength which is essential to maintaining dominance over the proles and outer party members, but overtime no matter how much brainwashing and propaganda is used people will still realize the shortcomings of Big Brother and attempt to overthrow the Party. According to the idea War is Peace consistent war will help to maintain peace around the globe and within Oceania society. Citizens of Oceania will realize the lunacy of such ideology and the inconsistencies associated with wartime on behalf of the Party. The proles and outer party members will become judgmental and question the ethics and honesty of the party eventually leading to a revolt due to the Party’s inefficiency to run a proper government on behalf of the people as opposed to on behalf of the inner party members. Once all these ideologies proposed by Ingsoc come crashing down it will open a gateway for revolution against Big Brother and the demise of Big Brother and the Party as a…
In Nineteen-Eighty four, the protagonist begins a diary and finds that he hates the party that rules and watches over him. With that being said Winston begins to do things to rebel from Big Brother. Towards the middle of the book, Winston meets and falls in love with Julia. Winston and Julia believe that they are sneaking around behind Big Brothers back undetected. However we find out later that they have been betrayed and turned in. After being beaten, they separate the two and drag them to the Ministry of Love. This incident affects both Julia and Winston, they have to be separated and tortured to wipe away any rebelling thoughts about Big Brother. Once they have been captured we begin to wonder if they will crack under the pressure and accept…
It does everything to wipe out the memory of the people in Oceania. People are blinded by the Party to the extent that they do not remember what Oceania was before Big Brother, what they know is what the party tells them, and the mental manipulation is accompanied by falsification of public records to match the lies. People believe that life is better under Big Brother and since there is no evidence in contradiction, people have no choice but to believe what is presented to the as the truth. George Orwell writes that there is two types of propaganda that big brother used to control the citizens of Oceania completely one in which he will change truth called doublethink and another where he installs fear called doublespeak. Fear is a huge part of oceania that is inflicted by big brother by invading privacy and manipulating the citizens into thinking war is peace and they are safe under the protection of big brother and without him their lives are nothing. The people are under strict laws that are not written in a constitution so they can be changed at any moment if they wanted to which also inflicts great fear on the people having the ability to make some crimes more serious than others if they wanted to. Also the thought police are a big fear as well making the people feel as if they are always being watched and if they show any expressions or even think for themselves they will be arresting and it usually ends…
George Orwell writes his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four not as a story of fiction but as a warning about the dangers of totalitarian control. The concepts of free enterprise and individual freedom no longer exist in 1984, all of the power is split into three groups Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania. In his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell uses certain literary devices, introduces new linguistic concepts and uses propaganda techniques to suppress freedom, controlling the people and forming a totalitarian society. Orwell introduces two new linguistic concepts in 1984; newspeak, and doublespeak. Newspeak is used by the Party to reduce and limit thought, and simplify the english language to the bare minimum. Doublespeak, on the other hand, which is commonly used by Party members to distort the actually meaning of words, and use the words against those who do not understand what they mean. George Orwell uses the propaganda tactics of “plain folks,” as well as the use of the Big Brother posters to achieve the idea of suppressing freedom. By utilizing propaganda techniques, introducing new language concepts and using literary devices, Orwell successfully warns us about the potential dangers of totalitarian control in our society today.…
All societies are controlled by their government in many different ways. Many societies are controlled by a democratic government, while other societies are controlled by dictatorship. These styles of government both have pros and cons. The passage from "1984" by George Orwell distinctly shows that society is a horrible and harmful place to live in because there are certain rules that people have to follow. "It was Mrs. Parsons, the wife of a neighbor on the same floor (" Mrs was a word somewhat discountenanced by the Party- you were supposed to call everyone "comrade"- but with some women one used it instinctively)"( Orwell paragraph 2). In this part of the passage, it is told that there are rules that are needed to be followed in society,…
John F. Kennedy once said, "conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." 1984, a dystopian novel, was written by George Orwell. Remarkably ahead of its time with an ancient publication date of 1949, the novel deals with very modern ideas such as the government overreaching its power, and the rise of technology. The author utilizes the backdrop of an extremely oppressive, totalitarian government named Big Brother to demonstrate that humanity naturally desires nonconformity, but when put in the worst of scenarios, chooses conformity out of self-preservation.…
To start, the world as the citizens of Oceania know it in 1984 revolves around their major leader, Big Brother. Big Brother and the Party demand utter and complete devotion from their citizens. Big Brother is the face of Oceania, and he is watching you. This figurehead demands loyalty and love for him and ONLY him. There is more love for him than even your own kids. 1984 illustrates the worship citizens of Oceania have towards Big Brother through public affairs. Specifically, Oceania’s Two Minutes Hate. “The Two…
In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Society is controlled by a small fraction of the entire population. Society as a whole is controlled by The Party, which is led by Big Brother. The Inner Party comprises of five percent of society, the Outer Party consists of ten percent of society, and the remaining eighty-five percent are the Proles. The Party goes to great lengths in order to keep the society of Oceania in check, ensuring allegiance through party slogans, extreme indoctrination, and the constant reminder that “Big Brother is Watching You.”…
Fake news. There are many different and contrasting news that go around from In an age where an audience of millions (on the Internet) is easily accessed, the quantity of information being produced has increased greatly-along with that, the quality and truthfulness of this information has become less reliable. The people feel like it is their right to talk and express what they feel in whatever way possible in different mediums because it is the first amendment . They may be right, but do you ever think what would happen if the government decided to control and limit what people say or do, in the name of “ for the society’s own good”? In many texts and works of literature during and after World War II, people depicted what the world and society…
1. George Orwell’s Classic 1984 depicts a totalitarian government that aims to repress and control its people. It does this in many ways; the most notable are the destruction of the family structure, destruction of language and the most dangerous the rewriting of history. With these tools—and others not mentioned—The Party maintains control of its people and ensures its continued existence.…
1984 by George Orwell, written in 1949 is a product of an emerging threat to Communism and a global level power struggle between Russia, China and now at this time in 1949 the United States of America. The struggle only existing out of fear and respect for each other over the possibility of one being able to destroy the other and only needing each other to exist, as “…they are unable to destroy one another” for the specific purpose of holding power in the first place. This is also the beginning of classism in the United States with the dawning of the “Top 1%” post-World War II. Orwell himself; was born into a British military family and lacked the bond of a family with an absentee father and ultimately boarding school via partial scholarship,…
The citizens of Oceania are sheltered from what is real. This affirms the government’s power because they are able to mod the minds of their citizens without difficulty. With things like the Ministry of Truth, whose job is to change the past in a way that coincides with the government ideals, Big Brother is able to easily indoctrinate false information in the minds of every citizens. Even contradictory statements like “war is peace”, “freedom is slavery” and “ignorance is strength” (27). could so easily be embedded in the hearts and thoughts of the people. Big Brother and his party brainwash their citizens, not giving them the freedom, or opportunity to think for themselves. They even trick their people into thinking this freedom is actually a bad thing (“freedom is slavery”). This deception is known as doublethink, which is the ability to accept two different beliefs simultaneously. Big Brother has trained all people to accept the flaws in his ideals and make them believe they are not flaws at all. By censoring and even altering the truth, Oceania has characteristics that resembles those of any other totalitarian…