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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. |
==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 14:45, 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.