Big Brother
is a father figure, who, like Stalin or Hitler, is supposed to be deeply beloved, honored, and
obeyed by all the people in his country. He is a symbol of the state and the Party. The Party
wishes for him to become the only being anyone loves and to be followed
with slavish, mindless devotion.
Big Brother is a threatening father figure,
too, which the motto most associated with him suggests: "Big Brother is watching YOU."
This motto could mean that he is watching over and protecting each of his people, as a good
leader might, but in reality, it means that the Party has its citizens under constant
surveillance. Any deviation from orthodoxy is severely punished.
One of the
chief signs of 's deviance, in the eyes of the Party, is his hatred of and desire to destroy Big
Brother. However, by the end of the novel, he has adopted the proper slavish attitude of
complete devotion to this figure.
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