Monster Essays - 1984: The Party Has Many Slogans
1984: The Party Has Many Slogans
In George Orwell's 1984, the Party, the government of Oceania, has many
slogans. One of the sayings is “Big Brother Is Watching You”. Despite the fact
that the slogan is only mentioned a few times throughout the novel, it embodies
the government that Orwell has created.
We first learn of the slogan when the setting is described on the first
page of the book. Orwell depicts, in explicit detail, the sights, sounds, and
smells of Oceania. When illustrating the hallways of Victory Mansions, Winston
Smith's and other members of the Party's apartment complex, Orwell writes:
On each landing, opposi....
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