Control of Reality for the Masses

Finally one of the most important aspects of the Party's reality is Big Brother. Big Brother is infallible and all-powerful. Every success, every achievement, every victory, every scientific discovery, all knowledge, all wisdom, all happiness, all virtue, come directly from his leadership and inspiration. Nobody has ever seen Big Brother in person. He is a face on the wall, a voice on the Telescreen. According to Goldstein, the Big Brother will never die and is the guise in which the Party chooses to exhibit itself to the world. Big Brother is a god under the control of the inner party. He can be made to say anything and what he is made to say directly propagates the Party's own agenda. Big Brother also acts as a focusing point for love, fear and reverence, emotions which are more easily felt towards an individual than towards an organization. Big Brother is also effectively omnipresent. 'Big Brother On coins, on stamps, on the covers of books, on banners, on posters and on the wrapping of a cigarette packet- everywhere. …