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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 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 becomeassociated 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 | + | 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 rother" is frequently used to refer to non-beneficial monitoring of law-abiding citizens. | ||
Revision as of 04:18, February 20, 2013
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 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.
