We Journal #3

The language experiences an apparent change for D-503 in the last entry of the novel. Up until this point D-503 is still struggling with his internal conflict. Although, in the last entry the sentences  becomes more straight forward. D-503's style of writing emulates that of the beginning, in the first entry. In the middle part of the book D-503 changes from his mechanical and clear writing to more jumbled and confusing sentences because of the conflict that he is experiencing inside of him. At the conclusion of the novel, D-503 returns to his old way of writing his thoughts, similarly to the first entries, "However, on the Fortieth cross-town avenue, we have succeeded in erecting a temporary barrier of high-voltage waves. And I hope that we shall conquer. More than that- I am certain we shall conquer. Because Reason must prevail" (232). I noticed that Zamyatin capitalizes "R" in reason, this could signify that reason represents a higher being and is the leader of the society of one-state.  This can infer that D-503 has accepted the benefactor and the controlling government. Thus, the short sentences illuminate that he has accepted and come to peace with the "unfreedom" that the government gives the people of one-state. Also, as throughout the entire book, Zamyatin uses figurative language frequently in the last third of the book.

I noticed a recurrence of the motif of the color blue towards the last section of the book. Additionally, blue still embodies the same thing for D-503, which is calmness, "The little blue flowers stir, bulge. What if I were made of glass, and he could see that in some three or four hours..." (152). In this quote I see D-503 associating flowers with the color blue, giving it a peaceful connotation. Another motif that was noted again was nature, specifically birds and insects. D-503 thinks to himself "Slowly, just overhead- a bird. I see: it is alive, like me. Like a man it turns its head right, left, and black, round eyes drill into me [...] A dark insect with tiny, transparent wings crawls along the back, and the back twitches to drive it off" (158). Since there are no animals in one-state, D-503 is becoming more aware of his surroundings outside of one-state. In the second half of the dystopian D-503 pays more attention to the weather and animals just outside of the green wall, this is before he goes on the integral.

The setting changes for a good amount of timr to being on the spaceship, the integral. The goal of the integral is to take over other planets through the use of the integral. I find the spaceship fascinating because at this period in time space travel was not very close to completion and nobody would accomplish this feat for another 50 years to come. The one-state is taking a leap of faith through the use of the integral. D-503 is aware of the possibility that this is a perhaps a dangerous mission and finds it very interesting as he says, "'Do you realize how wonderful it is to fly, not knowing where-to fly- no matter where... And soon it will be who knows what's to come?'" (200). D-503 seems to find it fun to not have a definite and planned out schedule. In contrast, the society of one-state is exactly the opposite of this where everything is organized and one's schedule is based off of the tables of hours. D-503 may be experiencing what it is like to not be completely restricted and controlled by the government.