1984 Chapter 7-8

2/21/09

"If there was hope...It lies in the proles"(69).

This quote is significant because it is sort of ironic. The proles are like the modern day lower class. They are treated lesser by everyone and are thought of as inferior, just like today. What is ironic though is that so much power and so much strength can come from the proles/lower class. Also that people like Winston, who are much higher on the social ladder count on the people in the proles, who have no clue that they are capable of so much.

Intricate: having many complexities.

Steamers: rocket bombs.