"Big Brother is infallible and all-powerful. Every success, every achievement, every victory... all knowledge... are... directly from his leadership and inspiration. Nobody has ever seen Big Brother. He is a face is on the hoardings, a voice on the telescreen. We may be reasonably sure he will never die, and there is... uncertainty as to when he was born. His function is to act as a focusing point for love, fear, and reverence, emotions which are more easily felt toward an individual than... an organization." (208)
Big Brother the leader may not even exist at all. He may be a group of people using one person as their voice. A person with Big Brother's face may never even exist, but the people are forced to follow this ghost as if it were a real person. The people are forced to give their passionate emotions to Big Brother so that they are under the control of the Party.
expropriated: v. The confiscation of private property with the purpose of creating social equality.
perpetuating: v. To save from extinction
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