1984 Journal 3

The Structure of Society

The book 1984 by George Orwell is about the effects of an Oligarchy in a hierarchal society. The society of Oceania is split up into three parts. The first part is the Proletariat class or Proles for short. They are the lowest of the low. The government doesn’t respect them at all. The government doesn’t even regard them as human. The Proles have no thought regulation because they don’t think about anything and their class has the most people in it (85% of the population). The second part is the Outer Party. They are the middle class of Oceania. The government regulates their thoughts closely and it requires their complete allegiance to the country. The government watches each member with telescreens, submits the people to 24 hours of propaganda everyday and makes sure that no one shows any signs of rebellion. Anyone that disagrees with the government will be vaporized or killed by the government. The government makes the Outer Party work for the government all day to prevent them from having independent thoughts and becoming dissatisfied with the government. The Outer Party is the main group of people the government focuses on. The government gives them food and shelter but it is not good quality. The last group is the Inner Party. The Inner Party are the wealthy people in our modern day society. They control the government and regulate the people. The Inner Party are allowed luxuries that the other classes are not allowed like good coffee and chocolate. The Inner Party is comprised of two percent of Oceania’s population. The Inner Party members’ goal is to keep the government in power, which is why they keep the Outer Party and the Proles ignorant. The Inner Party knows that hierarchal society would not be possible if the masses were intelligent. In order to keep the government the way it is, the masses must be ignorant and blindly acceptant to the policies of the party.