Classism In The Novel, 1984, By George Orwell

Power, the ability to directly influence the way people do things is a common occurrence in the novel 1984. Written by George Orwell in the United Kingdom in 1949, the book is placed in Oceania (now known as England), with most of the setting being in London. George Orwell based the novel on a totalitarian political system for the future. 1984 has many different versions of coercive power over specific individuals. Imagine, a world where you weren 't allowed to choose what you wanted to do, say, or be. Demonstrated in the book, Big Brother is known as an embodiment of the Party. A group of powerful white men who take a totalitarian approach to running their country. They control every aspect of life as a government that is dominant of political, economic and social activities.

Unlike the book, Canada has a democratic society with multiple acts, codes and doctrines that allow us to have freedoms and rights. If someone goes against the law, then they
There are three types of class: the upper-class, middle-class, and lower-class. The upper-class is seen as the Party whose power makes them elite individuals in their totalitarian government. The middle-class is seen as the Outer Party, which Winston would be apart of because he works for the Party. The lower-class known in the book as Proles make up the working class, who don 't get an opportunity for education. In modern society there are specific social classes that believe they are above the others. The high class is seen as celebrities, the police, and the government, people with access to large amounts of money and power. Middle class is all the hard workers who work for children and some extra expenses, and then the lower class seen as the homeless, disabled or poor people. Social classes are often times respected on the amount of power and authority they have over other