class struggle

Question 1

social classes

Answer 1

the elite inner party

the industrious Outer party

uneducated Proles

Question 2

goldstein’s book

Answer 2

he learns that the history of mankind has been a cyclical struggle between competing social groups: the High, the Middle and the Low

theory originally by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 19th century- Marxism

Question 3

Marxist beliefs

Answer 3

aim of the Middle group is to change places with the High, which they do by enlisting the support of the Low group

gain power through a revolution, then thrust the Low back into servitude

Question 4

Winstons hope

Answer 4

that the proles will become conscious of their oppressed state and initiate a revolution

he often despairs that the proles cannot rebel until they become conscious, and they only can after they’ve rebelled- which is unlikely

Question 5

proles

Answer 5

“if there was hope, it lay in the proles”

“the future belonged to the proles”

“the proles were immortal”