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[[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.