Constantly being watched may lead one to suffer from paranoia. In George Orwell’s 1984 the room above the antique shop seems well preserved from times before Big Brother. The environment provides a false sense of security: however hidden beneath its surface lies a telescreen. Under the influence of this setting characters feel a certain freedom; able to live out desires forbidden by the Party. Orwell uses this environment to portray how even the safest of places cannot protect one from the reach of society. The room above the shop stresses the theme of technology and surveillance in the book 1984.
