We #3

Motif- The same motifs that were discussed in the first two journals are still being used in the last part of the book. The primary concept that comes from a lot of the motifs in the story is a soul. The soul is referenced through the use of mirrors, imaginary numbers, and fog. All of these obscure what something truly is, isn't tangible, or is a reflection showing the real you. The soul can also be linked to imagination. An imagination pulls away from logical and clear thinking. That is why the government considers an imagination to be a disease and comes up with the Great Operation which cuts out the part of the brain dealing with imagination. "On the following day, I, D-503, went to the benefactor and told him everything I knew about the enemies of happiness. How could it have seemed so difficult before? Incredible. The only explanation I can think of is my former sickness (the soul)" (232). The government is able to gain complete control of the society through this operation and D is ultimately subjected to this operation and follows the government blindly. Zamyatin is trying to show that if the government suppresses ones imagination there is no way to revolt and overthrow the government.

Setting- The setting is still the same. There is a place outside the Green Wall that is more known now. On the outside there are people unlike those on the inside. They are covered in fur and have adapted to living outside the wall. "All this was so incredible, so unexpected, that I stood calmly (yes, calmly!) and looked" (156). D is able to see that they are the people that have the imagination and might be possible of overthrowing the government. Outside the walls there is no influence of the government. This makes them the best possible way for the society to be changed into something better.

Language- As D's "disease" worsens he doesn't finish his thoughts more frequently and also begins to drift away from his logical point of views. "And the same within me: I must not think, I must not think, I must not think, or ..." (226). D tries to not think about what he should do and commits himself to an idea without even thinking it through. This shows how his soul affects him. But after he undergoes the Great Operation he goes back to his logical flow that he wrote in during the first journal entries. "And i hope that we shall conquer. More than that--I am certain we shall conquer. Because Reason must prevail" (232). D is back to his logical way of thinking following Reason. After his imagination is taken out he reverts back to his normal way of thinking which is beneficial to the One State. Zamyatin is showing that an imagination should go together with logic or else you will blindly follow what you are told.