Dystopian Journal #1

Setting:
The society that D-503 lives in is surrounded by arithmetic and mathematical equations. Each person is not considered a person but rather a cipher. A cipher or other algorithms have to follow certain steps to get the correct answer. By making everyone a cipher it shows that each person follows a set of rules to please the benefactor. Also by making each character it gives them a predetermined persona not allowing them to deviate from their primary purpose. This shows the civilians in the society are constrained to a certain lifestyle which illuminates the lack of freedom in the society. The use of mathematics is looked at as the perfect world because "mathematics and death neither make mistakes" (90). This society is enclosed into an environment where everything is made out of glass, and it is surrounded by a glass wall that keeps the citizens from ever escaping this world. "when we isolated our perfect machined world, by means of the wall, from the irrational, chaotic world of trees, birds, animals..." (83). By creating everything out of glass it gives the people livingvwithin the wall very little privacy while giving the government more control by being abe to see everything being committed by the citizens.

Motifs:
The use of colors are used to represent constraint and freedom within the society. D-503 comnects the color blue to the sky when there are no clouds in the sky because it is unattained by any other clouds. When the sky doesn't have any clouds it's color is controlled by the weather showing its lack in freedom. The main character then associates the color green with confinement. This is proven when describing the wall as green because the wall is what confines the society from the rest of the world. The motifs of lips become very apparent throughout the end of the first third. "His lips: scissors" (65) here D-503 is describing a doctor who he later refers to as just scissors. Through this I feel like the author is trying to say representcharacter'ss personalities or their thoughts through their lips and other facial features. I-330 is a rebel in this society for she poisons herself with tobacco and alcohol which is against the customs of the society. D-503 describes her lips as dripping with blood which I think represents her rebellious and aggressive personality.

Language:
Throughout the first third of the novel, the author uses si Olaf techniques to that of Zora Neale Hurston, lengthy and very descriptive paragraphs of the setting and what his occurring during the passage. "the small bright crystal bell [...] quantities" (31)The author uses this to depict the confidence that D-503 has in his beliefs in the first third. He believed that whatever the the guRdians were doing was right and wasn't questioning many of philosophies that were being forced upon him. He reLly isn't questioning many of the beliefs so he doesn't think about many of his actions.