Help me with 1984 assigment

On pages 147-148, Winston reflects on the omnipresence of The Party: “He thought of the telescreen with its never-sleeping ear. They could spy upon you night and day, but if you kept your head you could still outwit them….Facts at any rate, could not be kept hidden. They could be tracked down by inquiry, they could be squeezed out of you by torture. But if the object was not to stay alive, but to stay human, what difference did it ultimately make?” What, in essence, is Winston saying about the lone individual in relation to The State? Does this contention remain true throughout the novel?