Well I'm going to have to say that this part in WE had be completely sucked in. throughout the whole reading I was trying to figure out some type of unique interpretation. The one that I thought of is that there are alot of parallels to the biblical story of Adam and Eve. Adam being D-503, and Eve being I-330. D-503 is in conflict because he is trying to make the decision about following the One State (Not breaking the one rule that God gave Adam and Eve) or follow the ways of I-330 who has broken the rules of the One State (tasted the the Forbidden Apple). This story you could see as what it was like from Adam's point of view; to decide whether to stay loyal to God or Eve. The book mention that the One State is the restored Garden of Eden, since they gave up their freedom to be back in safety with God (Benafactor in the One State's case).
Another thought that kept popping into my head is how Yevgeny Zamyatin predicted how Communist Russia was going to be like in the future 20-25 years. I think the people of the One State all know that something is weird in their society, and they live in a type of fear. Which the people don't know what or who to fear, but they should fear the Benafactor, who to me represents Stalin. During Stalin's regin he made daily lists of people to die, but the people of Russia loved him and he was kind of the replecement god. The Benafactor does not make the lists of people to get killed, but he is in complete comtrol like Stalin was and is hailed as a god. Also alot of restrictions and rules are in the same style as communist Russia, and how the One State is cut off from all outside influences just like Russia was.
Yea I realized that I had the defintion wrong on that one, I couldn't figure which criticism this would've falled into though
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