Inner Party
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In the world of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Party which controls Oceania is split into two halves: the Inner Party and the Outer Party.
The Inner Party represents the aristocratic political class in Oceania, and have a much superior quality of life to that of the proles or Outer Party members. For example, the telescreens (two-way televisions used for propaganda and surveillance purposes) in their homes can be turned off. They also have access to spacious living quarters, personal servants, convenient transportation, and relatively pleasant food and drink (in contrast to the proles' beer and the Outer Party's low quality Victory Gin). Inner Party members are always identified by their black overalls. Members are selected at a young age according to a battery of tests, and not family heritage, as any loyalty to anything other than The Party and Big Brother, including the family, is strongly discouraged.
In the novel, O'Brien is the only character we meet who is a member of the Inner Party.
Goldstein's book explains the rationale behind the class divisions in Oceania.
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | |
|---|---|
| By George Orwell | |
| Characters | Winston Smith | Julia | O'Brien | Big Brother | Emmanuel Goldstein |
| Places | Oceania | Eastasia | Eurasia | Airstrip One | Room 101 |
| Classes | Inner Party | Outer Party | Proles |
| Ministries | Love | Peace | Plenty | Truth |
| Concepts | Ingsoc | Newspeak | Doublethink | Goodthink | Crimestop Two plus two | Thoughtcrime | Ownlife | Prolefeed |
| Miscellaneous | Thought Police | Telescreen | Memory hole | The Book | Newspeak words |
| Other media | Film | TV programme | Opera | 1985 | Me and the Big Guy |
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