1984 Book 1

The Party is the totalitarian dictatorship in Oceania, and is headed by Big Brother, who controls all aspects of life with fear and power. The people are under constant surveillance, and they have no free thought or the ability to speak the truth, if it differs from what The Party says. The Parties' power over the people is so strong, they will even believe falsified statements. To keep people from  becoming a threat to the government, the majority of the population is kept in poverty, and the rest is the top group, in which most of the people work for The Party, but the top group are not living richly. The majority of  The Party officials had low food rations and were also controlled in all aspects of life. Winston's job is to change history books to match what The Party wants the history to be, which is another way they control the people. The Party also kills people for denying what they say to be true, which puts everyone on the same belief standard, but doesn't really create equality because some people know the truth while others don't. The bottom is not as strongly regulated in how they think or act as the top group is. The top group is much more equal than the others are. The society is 1984 is a dystopia.