Saturday 7 November 2009

How are the Proles treated under Big Brother?

The society
in is unusual in the way that it is set up.has a three-class structure that
mirrors the typical culture of his time. The inner party is a tiny minority of the ruling class,
owning the luxuries and making the rules. The outer party, s party in the novel, are seen as the
middle classabiding by the directives of the inner party, but having no say in how society is
run. The proles, short for proletariate, are the lowest and largest classworking menial jobs,
receiving no education, and breeding.

While it might seem like being a prole
would be terrible, in 1984, it's the closest to normal life that we see in
the novel. Being a prole is arguably better than being a member of the outer party because you
are mostly left alone. Big Brother doesnt care about proles, seeing them as basically animals.
Proles are allowed to have shops, attend sporting events, have sex, and even be religious if
they choose. They speak traditional English and engage in pretty normal...


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