Behind Winston's back the voice from the telescreen was still babbling
away about pig iron and the over fulfillment of the Ninth Three Year Plan.
The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that
Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up
by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the
metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of
course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given
moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on
any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they
watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your
wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live-did live, from habit that
became instinct-in the assumption that every sound you made was
overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.
4. Explain what it might be like to live "in the assumption that every sound you made was
overheard...and every movement scrutinized."
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How do you think this might impact the daily life of the citizens of Oceania?
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