irst thing he sees is the telescreen, again it proves the telescreen is the symbol of the bad luck. Finally, telescreen could compare to the news in our society. Telescreens are the major form of media communication in Oceania, and they desiminated 'news' to the populace. However, as with all real dictatorships, this news was almost all false. Despite this, it was believed by the vast majority of the population simply because of where the information comes from. One of the reason Winston does not like his wife is because his wife believes everything from the party although Winston thinks the party is not telling the truth. Check the news in our society. How many of them are telling the truth. The head of the cheater: Newspaper, today they can ... is good, tomorrow they will say he is evil...Just like 1948 most people believe them, and obey them. In conclusion, "telescreen" is the most important word in the novel so far because of the comparison of the telescreen and the computer, the news from the telescreen and the news from the newspaper, and the bad luck for Winston. Today, when people sit in front of the television. They can not image it is used to control people fifty years ago. They do not know something is controlling them instead of the television right now and they will not know what is going to control them after fifty years....
