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Big Brother Is Watching You Analysis

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“Big Brother is watching you” is a slogan of the Party that is on posters scattered throughout every building and street of Oceania. There are many ways that Big Brother observes its citizens that are apparent in the novel 1984 including spies, children, and most obviously telescreens. Having the ability to hear anything above the quietest whisper in a room, to see almost everything within the room it is placed in, the telescreen is an effective method of keeping the citizens of Oceania complacent. The fear of disappointing Big Brother, or being punished by Big Brother are the main reasons that the upper-class citizens of Oceania follow the guidelines of the Party. People are less likely to break rules if they know they run the risk of being

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