We #2

Motifs: In the second third of the novel there is more use of colors in D-503's description of things. These colors are used by Zamyatin to show how D-503 is beginning to develop a soul/imagination. In the first third, most of his descriptions were rather bland, but as he becomes less logical his descriptions broaden into a wide variety of colors. Also, things that are see through, such as glass, windows, and ice are repeated more in the second third. They show how D-503 is becoming more of a transparent person since he is developing a soul. Before, he was just a solid, opaque, logical person, but now he is thinking thoughts he never would have thought if he had remained as he was in the first third.

Setting: The setting in the second third seems to be more confined than it was at the beginning. At the beginning of the novel, even though D-503 mentioned the wall, it seemed to me like the place he was in was more open. Now, in the second third D-503 mentions houses and walls a lot which gives a feeling of being trapped. He is often in small places such as his room and the use of the green wall adds to the sense of being sealed in. This sense of being sealed in represents how D-503 is having an internal conflict between logic and having a soul. He is trapped within himself and often talks about how there is two of him, showing how he is having a troubling conflict within himself, in that confined space.

Language: The language in the second third of the novel becomes far more fanciful than it was at the beginning. At the beginning D-503 is very strict to his mathematical ways, but in the second third his mind begins to wander. Instead of having straight, logical sentences, D-503 begins to speak in more similes and has longer, more complex sentences. These also relates to how he is beginning to develop a soul, because without the soul he thought with straight logic. But now he is developing a soul, and this causes his sentences to become more complex since he is questioning everything.