Proles who see=revolution

Chapter 7 starts out with Winston writing in his journal again. This time, he is thinking about how the working class, the proles, can end the reign of Big Brother. He is thinking about how "If there was hope, it must lie in the proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty five percent of the population of Oceania could face to destroy the party be generated," (page 69). This quote is important to Winston because this is showing the beginning of him wanting to rebel against Big Brother. The quote is full of hope and optimism that the commoners would figuratively open their eyes and see the power in numbers. It shows his optimism by having the sentence as on long sentence with a lot of commas. This quote affects me by showing me that people can be completely oblivious to the real working of their government. This reminds me of the rebelling going on in Egypt, in order to get a new president, because of how the larger, yet lower class, can overthrow any government. The rebellion that Winston is hoping for would be the numbers of the people versus the military and weaponry of Big Brother. This quote looks as if Winston is preparing to join the mysterious Brotherhood and help lead to a rebellion.