'Hope Lies In The Proles In George Orwell's 1984'

George Orwell's 1984 What look on humanity and human nature, if any, can be seen through this book, 1984?

alignment with Big Brother. The logic behind having Big Brother is so society doesn’t have to distress about anything but themselves, everything is taken care of by the government. People live by the ambition that is given by the government, we believe what is told to us. We learn to hate what is told to us for example the Japanese with Pearl Harbor. We hated the Japanese for what they did to us on December 14, 1975 but have now learned to like them due to the government telling us that they are our allies.

Winston Smith believes that hope for the future lies in the proles because it's their rebellion that can bring down Big Brother, and Usher in the change of the government. Proles ,proletarians, working class, and comprise make up about 80% of the population. Also Winston sees proles as happy workers who are not smart. Although they might not be that smart the workers are free from scrutiny and constant morning party. Smith hates Big Brother and the numerous restrictions it makes a difference on the party workers. He works in the Ministry of Truth which is responsible for altering and editing

We must also consider the fact that Winston does not believe it to be possible for the Party to be “overthrown from within.” This is due to several reasons as well. Just as The Ministry of Truth has its hands in media, romanticizing the persecution of those who have committed thoughtcrimes, they also manipulate education; raising Oceania’s children as perfect party members. At an early age they are indoctrinated into an organization called “The Spies” in which they are taught to keep an eye out on not only their neighbors, but their parents as well. That, in addition to the presence of telescreens and Thoughtpolice make it extremely difficult for dissidents to pass their revolutionary ideas to the future generation, “[the Party’s] enemies had no way of coming together or even identifying one another.”

Winston believes that the proles are the people who could stop the party. He believes that the proles are the hope and force needed to destroy the party. The proles are the working class of Oceania and they make up 85% of the population. The proles are kept dependent on the party, yet they do have some independence because that are free to do what they please. They are not imposed for many behaviors that other party members would be imposed for. “Promiscuity went unpunished; divorce was permitted. For that matter, even religious worship would have been permitted if the proles had shown any sign of needing or wanting it. They were beneath suspicion. As the party slogan put it “Proles and animals are free” (Orwell, 72). Orwell is trying to inform the reader that the proles were treated completely different from the Outer Party. The flexibility that the proles have could have lead them to overthrowing the party. In Oceania, the party was split into the Inner Party, the Outer Party and the proles. The Inner Party is the upper class in Oceania with many privileges that the Outer Party does not have. In addition, although the Inner Party had privileges, they were not free and were under total control similarly to the Outer Party. The Outer Party was the party Winston was a part of. Orwell wants to give reasoning why the proles are capable of overthrowing the party because they do not have as many restrictions as

It is impossible for The Party to endure the amount of power they seek: “No. I believe it. I know that you will fail. There is something in the universe--I don’t know, some spirit, some principle-- that you will never overcome”(Orwell 282). The spirit Winston is speaking of is the “spirit of man”. Winston has hope that one day there will be at least someone that will undermine The Party. O’Brien talks about creating a society where it is based off of fear, hatred and cruelty. “ The more the Party is powerful, the less it will be tolerant: the weaker the opposition, the tighter the despotism. Goldstein and his heresies will live

“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything you have,” (Thomas Jefferson). This quote is observed throughout the novel 1984, by George Orwell, and galvanizes its theme, which is expressed through the mottos of the Party, the ultimate, unopposed ruler of Oceania. They are “War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, And Ignorance Is Truth,” (Orwell, 4). To begin with, the truth of the quote is observed throughout the actions of the Party.

Erich Fromm states that 1984 serves as a warning for future generations. It warns of what will come if we continue trade our free will -the very essence of what makes us human- for advancements in technology unless we attempt to prevent it. Today, we are throwing George Orwell's warning aside. We are slowly letting technology take control, as it becomes a necessary in our daily life. Due to this we see our own Big Brother like organizations forming presently which can track our every move, similarly to how Big Brother - the political party which controls Oceania with an iron fist and watches what everyone does using telescreens- can follow Winston's - the protagonist in 1984- every move. Furthermore, similarly to how Winston ignorantly questioned Big Brother's existence, people today question whether these organization actually tracking our every move and are ignorant of what's happening right in front of their eyes.

dear Mrs. Marghiem. Recently I read George Orwell’s, 328 paged book 1984. Originally called Nineteen Eighty-Four, was published on June 8, 1949. The book was a huge success, but after getting tuberculosis, Orwell had a limited time to experience the books success, dying on January 21, 1950 he never lived to see 1984 and the big hair it brought with it. But however this book has left a lasting mark on the world of literature for now and years to come. I have to warn you this book is not a light read its probably the heaviest read you can get from a book that only has 328 pages in it. There were many times I had to stop reading for sake of keeping my mind from blowing up.

In the book 1984 by George Orwell, there is a lot of symbolism that represents one major themes of the book. These symbols reflect the theme that a totalitarian government does not allow freedom. The goal is to control the thoughts, the hearts and the minds of the population. Those that are different are centred out to be changed and if they cannot be changed they are eliminated. Free thought is not free. The price for free thinking can be your life. Winston, the protagonist, is a free thinker who has rejected the norms of the totalitarian regime, but to survive

The proles, it seems, though possessing more evidential freedom are actually as enslaved by the party as the rest of Oceania. They are regarded as beneath suspicion showing them to be mentally inept and enslaved, perhaps making them greater casualties of Big Brothers regime. The proles are the ultimate party product, exhibiting no threat despite a lack of supervision via Thought Police or telescreens. They show no ambition, are able to employ doublethink and do not question the status quo unlike Winston and Julia, both party members. As Syme says the proles are not people, they have lost all concept of freedom or anything outside of the party without the need of newspeak to diminish these concepts for them.

Pandora’s box has taught for many centuries that, though there are many evils in the world, hope is essential for an individual to achieve happiness; however, this Greek myth fails to address what would happen if an individual did not have the ability to hope. George Orwell believed that if the aforementioned hypothetical was true then the individual did not have the ability to have true happiness, thus developed his opposition toward a totalitarian government – a regime that has full control over its people. To publicize his view, he had created a dystopian novel called 1984 in which he portrayed his presumption of the future through the life of the protagonist, Winston, who desires to forge change but is impotent due to the many totalitarian

This book starts in London on April fourth, 1984. The book is written in partly third person, and partly in first person. The book is divided into three distinct parts. The first part is showing you the main character, Winston Smith and his differences and frustration with the world he works and lives in. The country or the “Super state” he lives in called Oceania is run under a government called INGSOC (English Socialism). The leaders of the nation are called "The Party." The Party is divided into two sections, The Inner Party, and The Outer Party. The "Rich" and the "middle-class." There is a third group of people called "The Proles," or "The Proletariat" who are the lower class or the poorer class. The main leader of this government is called “Big Brother” and there also a very famous conspiracy theory about a traitor of the state by a person called “Emmanuel Goldstein” who was part of the inner party and then betrayed the state. The book is about the life of Smith with his frustration towards the government and the society he lives and the journey he embarks on from hating the party to finding comfort in another party worker and to eventually falling in love with big brother. The book is divided into three parts with the first part explaining the dynamics and structure of the new world. The second part focuses on how Smith finds solace by committing “though crime” as his act against the party and finally,

1984: Our Past, Present, and Future 1984 a novel by George Orwell is a prediction of what the world will be like 35 years in the future from the time it was written (1949). It has received nothing but good reviews since the day it was published. Many relish over the unique writing style and interesting plot. But, one of the most significant features of this novel is how close it came to directly predicting the future.

The Book 1984 was written by George Orwell shortly after W.W.II. I think this book really shows us what would happen if the government gets too powerful. It was written long ago and set in the future, but I feel like the message is still very relevant today.