The social criticism in george orwell'S 1984

2.3.3 Social discrimination 
Social discrimination arises from class differences, genders, classes, 
colours, religions in social life. But what is going on today is that social 
discrimination. It is caused by social status in society. Usually different classes 
such as upper, middle and lower class still felt the effect until today.The upper 
group will receive preferential treatment in the life of society; the middle class is a 
little serious, while the lower class is taken down. The low class that often gets 
social discrimination on the condition of society. 
The differences in social status of the community are also discussed Orwell 
in his work The Road to Wigan Pier, Animal Farm and 1984. In The Road to 
Wigan Pier, Orwell demanded justice for the working class. As on Animal Farm, 
which is categorized as an animal, Orwell criticizes the gap that took place under 

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the leadership of the Communists. And his work in 1984 explicitly describes how 
the society lives under the control of the totalitarian party, as well as the social 
discrimination experienced by the Proletary class. 
The great majority of proles did not even have telescreen in their homes. 
Even the civil police interfered with them very little. There was a vast 
amount of criminalty in London, a whole word-within-a-word of thieves, 
bandits, prostitutes, drug peddlers, and racketeers of every description; but 
since it all happened among the proles themselves, it was of no 
importance(Orwell, 1961: 72) 
In the quotation above, Orwell shows how unfair the ruling behaviour of the 
Proles. Proles are treated as if they are not part of the state, they are free to 
commit any crime as long as it revolves on its own. As long as the Prole keeps 
working, they are freed like the free animals of the Party. The party slogan says 
that "Proles and animals are free". 

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