"BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU" page 2
This phrase is the basis for Orwell's characterization of Big Brother. B-B is portrayed as the controller and the ruler. He is all-powerful and infallible, but he only seems that way. The perception of the people is all that they have. Because of this, Big Brother can manipulate them in ways he should not be able to manipulate them. Big Brother shows that power is not something that a person can possess just because he or she wants to. Power comes from others. Without the consent of the people "beneath" him, Big Brother would have no power. Because the people consent, and the proles do not realize that they have the option not to consent, Big Brother has power that he should not have.
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