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'''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''' 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.

Today the term "Big rother" is frequently used to refer to non-beneficial monitoring of law-abiding citizens.

Today the term "Big Brother" is frequently used to refer to non-beneficial monitoring of law-abiding citizens.

 

Orwell's depiction of Big Brother was the result of his becoming increasingly disillusioned with the Left as he grew older, as reflected by his final two novels:  ''Animal Farm'' and ''1984''.

==See also==

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