Class Ties: The Dealings of Human Nature Depicted through Social Classes in 1984.

In George Orwell's 1984, the differences and relationships between the proles, the Outer Party, and the Inner Party reflect different aspects of human nature and the various levels of the human psyche. The most base, savage level of humanity is portrayed through the proles, as they are controlled by nothing more than animalistic instincts. By demonstrating their subjugation in the society of 1984, Orwell maintains that the personality will try to suppress these instinctual forces despite the …

…the novel suggests even that human nature in itself can be defied or changed by the mind and the way it perceives different experiences, such as the torture Winston must go through so that he will love Big Brother. This reflects Orwell's cynical view of humans and the path down which he believed human nature would lead. Fortunately, this view seems to be inaccurate, and the terrors of 1984 have been avoided thus far in history.