"Jesus He Knows Me" - Genesis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iMkRW43i7U

This song is a satire about televangelists from the 70's or 80's. However, If you think about it, the televangelist that is made fun of in the song reminds me a lot about Big Brother. Here's why:

"You see the face on the T.V. screen" (telescreen) "Coming at you every Sunday" (every hate week) "You see the face on the Billboard, that man is me" (Big Brother Propaganda). But wait it gets better, "On the voer of the magazine, there's no question why I'm smiling" Big Brother is smiling to promote "the fact that things are "better" and because he is in power. "I'll get you everything you wanted, I'll get you everything you need. You don't need to believe in hereafter, just believe in me!" Here it is demonstrated how the promises made by big government can be true if we believe in our leader Big Brother. "I believe in the family, with my ever lovin' wife beside me, but she don't know about my girlfriend or the man I met last night." Although this doesn't happen in either novel, it shows how both the pigs and Big Brother are hypocritical when talking about policy and especially how the Pigs change the commandments. It is contradictory to what they preach. The phrase "cause I'm everywhere" also reminds me of how the party actually is everywhere. "But I can get you a pocket full of miracles, if you promise to be good, try to be nice." Once again, how the party gives false promises for party loyalty. "Just do as I say don't do as I do" Once again this shows how the party contradicts themselves when they cut rations while feasting themselves. The animals on animal farm also experience this when the pigs cut their rations.