Style: The style Yevgeny Zamyatin chose to use in this book was that of sophistication. I believe that throughout the book, he made D-503 speak to the reader directly in a town that gave the impression that he was superior to the reader. It makes me wonder though, he's talking to the reader as if we were from the ancient times. But in theory, If we read it after he wrote it, wouldn't we be more advanced than he was in the future?
Tone: I think the tone of D-503 was one of superiority. He spoke as if he was better than the rest of the world.
Irony: I found irony in the story when he couldn't fornicate with O. Thats what he wanted this whole time but after his "incident" he couldn't do it anymore.
Plot: The plot of the story thus far is D-503 is just an average being in the State when he starts to feel "sick". Its not a sickness, he's just having feelings for I330 that goes against the way things are supposed to be in his society.
Characterization: Zamyatin showed characterization by giving the characters in the story problems that we face in everyday life. He's trying to make us connect with the characters to give them that "real" feeling.
Setting: The setting takes place in One State, a place in russia that everybody has everything controlled and decided for them.
Point of View: The story is told in First-person fashion.
Symbol: I believe that this whole book serves as a symbol. The way that society is controlled in the story, reflected the way Russia was being controlled during the 20's. I also believe that the Two-Hundred-Year-War was a symbol in it's own way. I see it as addressing the issues of the Christian Crusades because they both eliminated any and everybody who didn't conform to their beliefs.
Theme: The central theme of the story is to show the flaws that Russia had with it's government during the 20's. They wanted to strip away freedome and individualism from their country to eliminate crime. Although, this book is showing how unsuccessful the system was.
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