the Brotherhood

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The Brotherhood is a clandestine resistance organization in George Orwell’s dystopian novel "1984," reputedly led by Emmanuel Goldstein and dedicated to overthrowing the Party’s totalitarian rule.

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the Brotherhood canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clandestine resistance group
fictional organization
underground movement
allegedLeader Emmanuel Goldstein
allegedScope extends beyond Oceania
appearsInWork Nineteen Eighty-Four
linked to: 1984
associatedWith Emmanuel Goldstein
associatedWork The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism
communicationMedium samizdat-style book
controlBy possibly controlled by the Party
countryOfOriginInFiction Oceania
creator George Orwell
describedAs clandestine
secret
subversive
enemyOf Ingsoc
existenceStatus ambiguous
possibly fictitious
fictionalUniverse Nineteen Eighty-Four
linked to: 1984
firstPublicationAppearance Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
linked to: 1984
genreContext dystopian fiction
goal overthrow the Party
promote rebellion against Big Brother
undermine totalitarian rule
ideologicalPosition anti-Ingsoc
anti-totalitarian
knownFromCharacterPerspective O’Brien
linked to: O'Brien

Winston Smith
literaryFunction embodies hope of organized resistance
illustrates manipulation of dissent
membershipStatus illegal in Oceania
narrativeRole possible Party fabrication
symbol of resistance
opposes Big Brother
the Party
persecutedBy Ministry of Love
Thought Police
portrayedAs global underground network
recruitmentMethod personal vetting by members
secret initiation
relatedConcept counter-revolutionary activity
thoughtcrime
riskOfMembership torture and execution
symbol Emmanuel Goldstein’s image
uses clandestine communication
coded texts
conspiracy and covert action

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The Party declaresEnemy the Brotherhood