1984 - 2

• "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes looked deep into Winston's own." (p. 2)

The face of Big Brother is plastered throughout Oceania; a constant reminder that one's every move is observed. However, Winston finds the actual existence of Big Brother questionable as he is simply an image. Orwell emphasizes the vagueness of Big Brother - readers, as well as Winston himself, never truly discover if Big Brother is actually human. The concept of Big Brother proves that power has the ability to control a mass of people, despite the fact that he may be a mere status or image. For some unexplainable reason, the citizens of Oceania accept the lack of structure and knowledge of the Party, simply because Big Brother appears everywhere: a continual threat to society.