"the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black mustache and ruggedly handsome features. " (Page 1).
Religion does not exist in Oceana, but is in a sense replaced with the worship of Big Brother. Big Brother is certainly celestial because he is ever present, though unseen. Winston recalls that Big Brother's image has not changed for as long as he can remember, signifying that he is not tangible. Orwell's description of Big Brother resembles Hitler for the purpose of introducing the reader to he is exterminating his people through a dictatorship. Big Brother does not send his people to concentration camps, but slowly drains their life away by controlling their thought.
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