Symbolism In George Orwell's '1984'

“The rule of the Party is forever.” (Orwell 262) is what O’Brien is engraining into Winston as he is torturing him. No one in this society dares question the Party in fear of being vaporized. The thought of rebellion is inconceivable. Winston Smith sees something everyone else does not. The prolitarians, commonly called proles, go unnoticed by nearly everybody because they are poor and dirty. To Winston, they’re the key to freedom. While he was incarcerated, he noticed that the prole criminals were the ones who “yelled insults at the guards, fought back fiercely when their belongings were being impounded, wrote obscene words on the floor, ate smuggled food, and even shouted down the telescreen when it tried to restore order,” (Orwell 226), contrary to the Party prisoners, who
They greatly outnumber the rest of the population. According to Orwell, they make up 85%of the population of Oceania (Orwell 69). It would be fairly easy to overpower the Party and take over. Since they mostly work in physical jobs, they are probably in better shape than most Party members. The singing Prole lady next to Mr. Charrington’s shop could be a symbol of how firm and strong the rest of the Proles are. The Party wouldn’t expect them to be strong, or to be smart enough to plan and carry out a rebellion. The Proles are considered uneducated, uncivilized, and downright disgusting, and as a result, they are not paid attention to by the Party. They are not even considered people. If they were to plan a rebellion, the Party would not even realize it because they do not care about the proles and would never dare step foot in the Prolitarian Sector of town. Being invisible and ignored can work to the Proles’ advantage because it gives them the edge they need to overthrow the Party. Not only does the Party ignore the proles, they treat them with rudeness and cruelty, which would make any person want to stop their