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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 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. | ||
Revision as of 14:43, January 5, 2008
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.