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Photograph a historic site, help Wikipedia, and win a prize. Participate in the world's largest photography competition this month! Learn more Big Brother is a character and symbol in George Orwell's dystopian 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is ostensibly the leader of Oceania, a totalitarian state wherein the ruling party, Ingsoc, wields total power "for its own sake" over the inhabitants. The ubiquitous slogan "Big Brother is watching you" serves as a constant reminder that Party members are not entitled to privacy. They are subject to constant surveillance to ensure their ideological purity. This is primarily through omnipresent telescreens that provide two-way video communication and constantly blare propaganda. This close surveillance does not extend to the "proles", who constitute the majority of Oceanic society. They are viewed as inferior beings whose ideas and opinions simply do not matter because they lack both the intelligence and conviction to recognize and assert their

Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four) - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Literary character and symbol This article is about the character. For the franchise, see Big Brother (franchise) . For other uses, see Big Brother . Fictional character Big Brother Big Brother portrayed by Bob Flag in the 1984 film adaptation First appearance Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) Created by George Orwell In-universe information Gender Male Occupation Leader of Oceania Big Brother is a character and symbol in George Orwell 's 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four . He is ostensibly t

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