<P> Big Brother is a fictional character and symbol in George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty - Four . He is ostensibly the leader ( most likely a symbolic figurehead ) of Oceania , a totalitarian state wherein the ruling Party wields total power `` for its own sake '' over the inhabitants . </P>
<P> Big Brother is a fictional character and symbol in George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty - Four . He is ostensibly the leader ( most likely a symbolic figurehead ) of Oceania , a totalitarian state wherein the ruling Party wields total power `` for its own sake '' over the inhabitants . </P>
when was the term big brother first used
when was the term big brother first used
George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty - Four
George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty - Four