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 regulates Ingsoc.

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. Race is also of no importance in selecting members.

In the novel, O'Brien is the only character met who is a member of the Inner Party.

Goldstein's book explains the rationale behind the class divisions in Oceania.

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 Ministry of Love | Ministry of Peace | Ministry of Plenty | Ministry of Truth
Concepts Ingsoc | Newspeak (wordlist) | Doublethink | Goodthink | Crimestop
Two plus two make five | Thoughtcrime | Prolefeed | Prolesec
Miscellaneous Thought Police | Telescreen | Memory hole | Goldstein's book
Two Minutes Hate | Hate week
Adaptations 1956 film | 1984 film | 1953 US TV | 1954 BBC programme | Opera
Influence Nineteen Eighty-Four in popular media Parody: Me and the Big Guy
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