We, by Zamyatin Yevgeny, was a very interesting novel based in a society of one mindedness and rigidly structured day-to-day activity. It was an unique style of writing and gave insight to a single man's changing, shifting moods and feelings; and the collapse of his mind as he is opened to a new world where life is not structured for every hour of every day, courtesy of I-330. The closer that our main character, D-503, gets to I-330 he begins to realize that there is more to the world than what he has grown up believing and begins to unearth more of the animal instincts that the Benefactor and the society he lives in tried to repress and erase from existence, since it was an emotion from the Savage time period.
It was actually quite frightening to see how easily the people in this Utopian society fell into the same patterns and routines, and how looking into the room next door was like looking in a mirror. Everybody doing the exact same thing at the exact same time an in the exact same manner is quite unsettling.
Overall, We was a rather interesting book, but it was difficult to follow at times, especially further into the book as D-503 began to lose his mind. His thoughts and though process became more fragmented as he became more infected with the poison that is I-330.
I agree that it was frightening to read this book because of how no one protested the society. All of the memebers of society got sucked into the routine and were almost clones of each other. I also found this book difficult to follow but overall an interesting insightful read!
ReplyDeleteI agree when you and Kelso said how frightening it was to read this book because of how easily everyone got sucked into the society. You would think that more people would rebel against this but everyone(well most so we think)was okay with it; some even loved the routine. Everything was in strict order and everything had a plan.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with everyone. I think this was a difficult story to follow due to the fragmentation of the sentences and internal confusion of D-503. This story just goes to show how easily human beings can be changed and manipulated to agree with whoever it is controlling them.
ReplyDeleteThough I agree it is frightening how easily the numbers got dragged into the routine, that exact routine is all they knew. Their lives were based on this schedule, and without it, not even D-503 knew what to do. So the image of the society as a mirror was shocking, but it was to be expected due to the mindlessness of the society as a whole.
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