Like most
totalitarian states, Oceania has a supreme leader to whom everyone is expected to give their
total loyalty and obediencenot to mention adoration. In Oceania, this is Big Brother. His image
is everywhere. This larger than life figure is supposed to be the epitome of all that is good.
He also represents the power of the state to look into and control every aspect of a person's
life. In the quote below, we note that posters of Big Brother are plastered all over, with the
warning that, like God, Big Brother knows all:
The black
mustachioed face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house-front
immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said
Afteris arrested,tells him that one of the four emotions people
will eventually be allowedalong with fear, hate, and triumphis adoration of Big Brother. Big
Brother is an amalgam of Hitler and Stalin, two totalitarian dictators who were projected as
all-wise and all-powerful...
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