The narrator takes us into Winston's mind as he walks the streets of the city “He felt as if he were wandering in the forests of the seabed, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was unimaginable. What certainty did he have that a single living human being was on his side? (page 23). Orwell uses multiple metaphors in this passage, first, with Winston wandering the forests of the seabed representing his wandering the streets of London, and then, the monstrous world representing London under the regime, of which he himself is an accomplice and therefore an unimaginable monster. The image of a forested seabed connects consistently with the impoverished and decaying streets of London and emphasizes that Winston is hopelessly lost. Through his obedience to Big Brother, Winston harbors a hatred for his manipulation of the past and society. As Winston slowly becomes aware of his lack of identity and how the Party is manipulating the past, he finds himself one of the monsters helping Big Brother. Orwell highlights the oppression of the city through the regime with a motif of isolation, from Winston wondering if anyone felt the same as him. The Party's total control and ever-watchful eye create the hope that Winston will ever find another person who feels as he does about the dictatorship. The motif of isolation connects to the metaphors of Winston as an unimaginable monster lost in a forest at the bottom of the sea due to the culture of fear created by the regime. The culture of fear is created by society's compliance with the party and everyone being monsters. Big Brother outlaws and punishes any form of rebellion, even thought, and as a result Winston doesn't know who he can trust. Orwell intentionally creates this culture of fear of stress