Big Brother

(Difference between revisions)[[Image:Big_Brother.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Big Brother'']][[Image:Big_Brother.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Big Brother'']]'''Big Brother''' is the name of the autocratic and absolutist dictator of Oceania in [[George Orwell]]'s dystopian satire [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]. The novel frequently refers to the slogan ''Big Brother Is Watching You,'' a term that has becomeassociated with situations where the state exercises excessive surveillance over the individual citizen.'''Big Brother''' is the name of the autocratic and absolutist dictator of Oceania in [[George Orwell]]'s dystopian satire [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]. The novel frequently refers to the slogan ''Big Brother Is Watching You,'' a term that has become associated with situations where the state exercises excessive surveillance over the individual citizen.Big Brother as a character was probably influenced by figures such as [[Joseph Stalin]], who promoted a brutal atheistic, communistic , and dictatorial ideology.Big Brother as a character was probably influenced by figures such as [[Joseph Stalin]], who promoted a brutal atheistic, communistic , and dictatorial ideology.

Big Brother is the name of the autocratic and absolutist dictator of Oceania in George Orwell's dystopian satire Nineteen Eighty-Four. The novel frequently refers to the slogan Big Brother Is Watching You, a term that has become associated with situations where the state exercises excessive surveillance over the individual citizen.

Big Brother as a character was probably influenced by figures such as Joseph Stalin, who promoted a brutal atheistic, communistic , and dictatorial ideology. Today the term "Big rother" is frequently used to refer to non-beneficial monitoring of law-abiding citizens.

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