We; Journal #3

Topic C
I believe that this novel warns our society about being stagnant and not being open to change. The social attributes that lend to conclusion was the context of when the novel was written and where. Zamyatin lived in Russia and this book was written right at the time of the Bolshavic Revolution. The pressures of changing and some of not wanting change influenced his to write a book about how important change is for a healthy and working society. The lack of change or stagnant behavior really takes a toll on its civilians. I believe that the need for change is an inate human charactersitic. Without change, life becomes monotonus and boring. We crave new experience and new behaviors and feelings. When those inate wants are taken from us, it will turn a society into a rebellious state. In regards to D-503, a stagnant life was all he had ever known so it didn't bother him until he met I-330. She embrances change and shows D a life when change is possible. After he sees how change affects him, he can't go back to before. This need for change in his life is called a "soul" by many and is also see as a sickness. I think the authors vision is very believable. His goal is to educate people that a change is society is not a bad thing and almost needed for a healthy society.