But Peck doesn't take the time to look into how that background affected his portrayal of the proles in "1984" as unwashed, undignified masses. You could read something radical into Peck's choice ...

(Maybe /s, maybe not, I can't tell anymore) I think you've missed the point that in the book, the proles are the vast majority of the population. If they were exterminated, there would be no ...

The 1984 of Orwell's imagination resembled the ... In the book, the Party is an elite; most of society consists of "proles" who are politically disempowered but otherwise, to a surprising extent ...