The narrator tells us in Winston's mind as he walks the streets of the city "He felt like he was wandering in the forests of the sea floor, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was unimaginable. What certainty did he have that a single living human creature was at his side? (p. 23). Orwell uses multiple metaphors in this passage, first with Winston wandering through the forests of a seabed representing his wandering through the streets of London, and then with the monstrous world representing London under the regime, of which he himself is accomplice and therefore an unimaginable monster. The image of a forest seabed is closely linked to the poor and dilapidated streets of London and emphasizes that Winston is hopelessly lost. By conforming to Big Brother, Winston forms a hatred for his manipulation of the past and society. As Winston slowly becomes aware of his lack of identity and how the Party manipulates the past, he finds himself one of the monsters helping Big Brother. Orwell illuminates the city's oppression through the regime with a motif of isolation, with Winston wondering if anyone felt what he felt. The Party's total control and ever-watchful eye creates despair that Winston might one day find another person who feels the same way about the dictatorship. The motif of isolation ties into the metaphors of Winston being 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 submission to the party and everyone being a monster. Big Brother forbids and punishes any form of rebellion, even thought, and as a result, Winston does not know who he can trust. Orwell intentionally creates this culture of fear to stress