Romance and Reality : Oliver Jake : 9798869026736 : 17 Nov 2023 : As soon as human beings developed a tendency to acknowledge God or the gods for the creation of the world and humanity itself, they developed a sensation of being protected by The Almighty. The inception of espionage seems to have an intimate link with this feeling of being protected. In order to protect, God has to 'watch' or 'see' his creation constantly. The notion of God (or gods, in case of polytheistic religions) being a permanent resident of heaven, that is, a place located above the earth too bears a reflection of this idea about God being the watchman for the entire creation. Though myths or religious texts from numerous cultures and religions bear such ideas, keeping in mind, the present discussion's focus on Anglo-American literature, it seems proper to trace echoes of the ideas in Christianity due to the dominance of Christianity on the Anglo- American culture.