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> In principle, membership in these three groups [proles, outer party, inner party] is not hereditary. The child of Inner Party parents is in theory not born in
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> In principle, membership in these three groups [proles, outer party, inner party] is not hereditary. The child of Inner Party parents is in theory not born into the Inner Party. Admission to either branch of the Party is by examination, taken at the age of sixteen. —EG
Sounds like Winston Smith wound up in the Outer Party due to poor A level results?