Dystopian #1

Topic A
“I know that the letter, which she had read, still had to pass to the Office of the Guardians (I believe there is no need to explain to you this natural procedure), and would reach me not later than twelve. But I was disturbed by that little smile; the ink drop muddied my transparent solution. So much, in fact, that later, at the Intergral construction site, I could not concentrate and even made a mistake in my calculation, which had never happened to me before” (Zamyatin 51).
The society in WE has absolutely no privacy except for when they are having sex and they can close their blinds. In this passage D-503 talks about the complicated task that it takes just to get a letter. He knows he has a letter. The lady tells him this but he knows a lot of other people must read it and examine it before he gets it. This control of privacy by the society helps them maintain control of the society and find any person who might threaten their ways. The society uses this Bureaucratic control of their lives to maintain complete control. A huge part of the bureaucratic control is the table of hours. The society is also unique because they believe so strongly in math and logic. This belief in logic helps create a sense that they are infallible. D-503 expresses his belief that he is infallible through his surprise to making a mistake in his calculations. This makes this society unique because each person believes that they are infallible and that not just their leader is infallible. In dystopian novel like 1984 all the people of the society believe Big Brother is infallible and that they must listen to him because he is always right. In WE all the people of the society believe that they can’t be wrong in their work. This makes them much happier.

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