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[[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 become associated with situations where the state exercises excessive surveillance of 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 of the individual citizen.