as the party quarters, prole quarters, and Golden Country, is used as a symbol in George Orwell's novel, 1984. Anywhere in the party quarters, but particularly the canteen, is a symbol of the way the Party treats the citizens of Airstrip One. The Party can treat the citizens any way they want, which is usually with a lack of caring for what their conditions are. This is shown by the quote, describing the canteen, "A low-ceilinged, crowded room, its walls grimy from the contact of innumerable bodies; battered metal tables and chairs, placed so close together that you sat with elbows touching; bent spoons, dented trays, coarse white mugs, all surfaces greasy, grime in every crack; and a sourish, composite smell of bad gin and bad coffee and metallic stew and dirty clothes." The prole quarters are where the majority of the population lives. Anywhere in the prole quarters is a symbol for freedom. For example, the apartment that Winsto
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