The social criticism in george orwell'S 1984

4.1 Social Criticism 
Social criticism, Eric Arthur Blair or more familiar with the pen name of 
George Orwell, in his work often criticize the social circumstances of certain 
societies which describe the conditions of poverty, oppression, and unique 
political allies such as Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. He criticized of 
the Party's political power in the system of government. Both of his works made 
his name famous throughout the world. Some of these criticismsdepicted in the 

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governmental system embraced in the 1984 novel follow the Totalitarian system 
of government. 
4.1.1 Totalitarian 
The system of totalitarian rule, in the 1984 novel system of government 
centres on the Party's power. Big Brother as the symbol of party power is crowned 
Party leader, in other words Big Brother is the government / king in power in 
Oceania. Although Big Brother is only a symbol of the government figure created 
by the Party in Oceania, but the belief of the society to the Big Brother figure is 
likely to be high. 
Nobody has ever seen Big Brother. He is a face on the hoardings, a voice on 
the telescreen. We may be reasonably sure that he will never die, and there 
is already considerable uncertainty as to when he was born. Big Brother is 
the guise in which the Party chooses to exhibit itself to the world. His 
function is to act as a focusing point for love, fear, and reverence, emotions 
which are more easily felt toward an individual than toward an organization 
(Orwell, 1961:208). 
Below Big Brother comes the Inner Party, its number limited to six millions, 
or something less than two per cent of the population of Oceania. Below the 
Inner Party comes the Outer Party, which, if the Inner Party is described as 
the brain of the State, may be justly likened to the hands. Below that come 
the dumb masses whom habitually refer to as ―the proles,‖ numbering 
perhaps eighty-five per cent of the population. In terms of our earlier 
classification, the proles are the Low, for the slave populations of the 
equatorial lands, who pass constantly from the conqueror to conqueror, are 
not a permanent or necessary part of the structure (Orwell, 1961:208). 
In addition, all things related to Big Brother are set by the Party. So 
whatever the truth or lie party said, it is accepted by the Oceania people. There is 
nota way for the community to oppose the Party's power. Moreover, by the way 
and anyway the Party justifies untruth and sabotage the state of society. It means 

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that the Party is the truth. Although the Party workers know about the Party's lies, 
but they cannot do anything. 
The Party said that Oceania had never been in alliance with Eurasia. He, 
Winston Smith, knew that Oceania had been in alliance with Eurasia as 
short a time as four years ago. But where did that knowledge exist? Only in 
his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated? And if 
all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed if all records told the 
same tale then the lie passed into history and became truth (Orwell, 
1961:34). 
As the lead Winston changes any news about the state of Oceania in terms 
of government, war, regulation, but public affairs also cannot show evidence of