At the
center of s 1949 classic depiction of a totalitarian, dystopian society in which the masses are
controlled through the imposition of an all-seeing system of surveillance and agitprop,
, Big Brother is the ubiquitous presence who dominates this society with
ruthless efficiency. Big Brother is the leader of the Party, the political collective that
presides over s fictional society, Oceania, and he is the face of this autocratic system. As
1984 begins, the novels , , is described as ascending the staircase of his
apartment building, the elevator not being an option due to yet another electricity shortage
courtesy of the inefficiency of the totalitarian regime about which the reader is to learn quite
a bit:
On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the
poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so
contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU,
the...
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