Why doesn’t the majority of the population of Oceania belong to the Party?

[McKenzie, Kenzie [Mod]]

1. Why does the book claim that early socialism was “deeply infected by the Utopianism of past ages”? (203)

2. What does “free” mean in the Party slogan “Proles and animals are free”? (72)

3. Why does Winston believe that the proles “had stayed human” but that he and Julia “are not human”? (165)

4. Why is the Party so confident that the proles will never revolt?

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