Oceania

Oceania is a place where everybody follows strict orders from one dictator, Big Brother. They aren't allowed to think anything bad of big brother or the party or do anything that big brother wouldn't agree with or they will be punished by being vaporized and become an unperson. In every house there are telescreens on you that the party could wire into and watch you. As it says in the book, "there was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment" so Winston kept his back turned towards the telescreen. This was Winston's biggest conflict, being watched and controlled by the party. There was only one small little area in his house that he could not be seen by the telescreen, and he took advantage of that. Winston bought and started writing in a diary, which from the start was already breaking the rules. He knew it was illegal and could be vaporized for committing thoughtcrimes, but continued doing it anyway. Winston was on edge at all times because he was guilty of thoughtcrimes and thought that the Though Police would find the book filled with things such as "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" in it and punish him. Winston made sure he always looked "normal", so he would "set his features into the expression of quiet optimism" when in front of the telescreen. He had to make it look like he wasn't guilty of anything and doing exactly what everyone else was and worshiping big brother without questioning or thinking about the party and how things are going.