Victory Mansions In 1984 By George Orwell

In the first part and second part of the book 1984 By George Orwell, Winston Smith that lives in apartments called Victory Mansions. All of over the building, it has posters of a face with eyes that follows every movement. At the bottom of the poster it has a quote that says "Big brother is watching you." This poster is irrelevant to the conditions Winston is living because he is living in a city where everything is being monitored either by the thought police or spies. Winston smith is a member of the outer party, however, he is a person of lower rank and people of lower rank are being watched very closely. Lower ranked people are being watched in their room outside of their room in the living room and even in the restroom. The government is able to monitor these citizens with a monitor they call a telescreen.
Children are usually known for spies in 1984 because they were part of the junior spies. One day while in a store he manages to find a diary that was hidden and decides to get it. He uses this diary to write about what he and others are going through. However he keeps this diary a secret because he does not want the thought police to see him writing in the journal or seeing the journal at all because he might get hanged or sent to a concentration camp. For example on Page 20 of the book, Winston is writing on his journal, and one thing he wrote in bold was “Down with Big Brother.” He got scared when he heard a knock on his door because he thought it could be the thought police. He opened the door while the page of his journal was opened where it said “Down with Big Brother. He got saved when it was just a neighbor that needed help with a plumbing problem instead of it being the thought police. “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength” which are the three slogans of the