Zamiatin, We
1. What is the Integral and how is it connected to D-503? Mathematically, what are the limitations of integers? How is this related to the designed purpose for the Integral?
2. Why is dreaming considered an illness?
3. What specifically is different about I-330?
4. Why are mathematics valued so highly in this society?
5. Watch for references to eyes; what are these references in connection with?
6. What sets of oppositions are at work in this text?
7. Discuss the religious imagery and references; how do they add depth to the work?
8. Russian literature has a strong tradition of valuing the individual; how is that important to this work?
9. What does the fall of the green wall symbolize?
10. What does I-330 means by "the number of revolutions is infinite"?
11. Explain what the Operation does and why the state implements it now.
12. Who is it that "betrays" the revolution, and why?
13. Look at the colors Zamiatin associates with certain people and things; what colors go with the state? what with I-330? what do these color associations symbolize?
14. How does Zamiatin mesh utopian social theory with the principles of scientific management?
15. What role does primitivism and sexual desire play in revolution?
16. What happens to O? why is this important?
