This includes the telescreens found throughout their society. The telescreen in Smith's world is “like a dull mirror” that cannot be turned off (Orwell 3). It offers no pleasure, only painful gymnastics and boring statistics. They are found where he works, in public squares, and are more vigilant in the toilets (Lyon 40). They are deathly silent, but the voice is worse, because “it seemed to stick into his brain like jagged shards of glass” (Orwell 102). Technology is an extremely important tool that the Party uses to maintain control over its citizens. Without television screens, the Thought Police would not be as effective and propaganda would not be as widespread. The constant supervision of the television screen effectively imprisons the citizens of Oceania in their daily lives: they are always under control