I think that the tv show big brother gets it's roots from the film 1984, am I right?

Answer 1

Just the title "Big Brother"

"Big Brother" is a fictional character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the enigmatic dictator of Oceania, a totalitarian state taken to its utmost logical consequence. In the society that Orwell describes, everyone is under complete surveillance by the authorities, mainly by telescreens. The people are constantly reminded of this by the phrase "Big Brother is watching you",

Answer 2

big brother 1984 was a futuristic totalitatarian regime of utter control

so yes you are right

while the imprisoned people do have freedom of speech, big brother (TV) has the right to edit those words
he defines everyone
they have no personality but the one he gives them and thus no say in who they are!

big brother 1984 was a evil visionary attempting to make a better society
big brother tv making cash out of fools is a pale shadow of quality of the the 1984 version. metaphorically we're talking the difference beteen Darth Vader and Bart Simpson here

You can gain more insight into the human condition reading a orwell's classic 1984.

Answer 3

Which is based on the book by George Orwell. But yes, that was pretty much the start of the whole concept and Big Brother and that we are being observed.

Answer 4

Certainly. Most Certainly.