| 1 | -> '''Winston''': Does Big Brother exist?\ |
| 2 | '''[[spoiler:O'Brien]]''': Of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party.\ |
| 3 | '''Winston''': Does he exist in the same way as I exist?\ |
| 4 | '''[[spoiler:O'Brien]]''': [[{{Unperson}} You do not exist]].\ |
| 5 | '''Winston''': I think I exist. I am conscious of my own identity. I was born, and I shall die. I have arms and legs. I occupy a particular point in space. No other solid object can occupy the same point simultaneously. In that sense, does Big Brother exist?\ |
| 6 | '''[[spoiler:O'Brien]]''': It is of no importance. He exists.\ |
| 7 | '''Winston''': Will Big Brother ever die?\ |
| 8 | '''[[spoiler:O'Brien]]''': Of course not. How could he die? Next question. |
| 9 | -->-- ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ->''"The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth--it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true."'' |
| 12 | -->-- '''Jean Baudrillard''', ''Simulacra and Simulation'' |
| 13 | |
| 14 | ->''"Do you hear what I'm saying? If so, you'd better have your ears checked, because nobody said anything at all."'' |
| 15 | -->-- '''Creator/ScottMcCloud''', ''ComicBook/UnderstandingComics'' |
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