The role of big brother 1984 by George Orwell is a book that covers the topics dictatorship, identity, fear and love. The book is about Winston Smith, who is a low-ranking party member. This essay will be attempting to illustrate the role of Big Brother. This essay will explore the topics : fear, thought police, and junior spies. People disappear and posters with ‘Big brother is watching you!’ on them, this is how big brother gets his power. All the people that disobey the wishes of big brother disappear mysteriously and are never heard of again. Not knowing what happened to all those people creates a feeling of fear, this fear is what big brother uses to manipulate the inhabitants of London. Now, the posters are only placed around the city as a warning. So, every time somebody sees it they know;’ disobey means the thought police comes for you’. An example from the book where this is noticeable is when Julia handed Winston the note saying ‘I love you’ in part two, chapter 1 you can notice that she was very much frightened of someone seeing and catching her, this is because big brother does not …show more content…
They operate through undercover members of society, or things such as telescreens. The special thing about the telescreen is that the thought police can monitor you through the screen, with cameras and microphones. They can hear and see everything in the room that the telescreen is in. When certain thoughtcrime is detected the thought police will arrest you, however, what happens after this arrest is a mystery to most inhabitants of Oceania, the only thing they know is that the people that are arrested are vaporized, set free for 2-3 years before execution or go on trial. I think that this mystery behind getting arrested is another way big brother gets his power. Most people are scared of the unknown and being watched, the two techniques used with the thought