WE: Record One- A declaration. The wisest of Lines. An Epic.

WE Yevgeny Zamyatin

One State is a society where everything is logical and can be proved mathematically. The One State is 'mathematically infallible'.

It is a totalitarian state; everything is controlled by  and for the government, and the citizens of One State do not have the freedom of expression and speech.

In the first chapter of the novel 'We', there are some important aspects of this passage that we must note:'

• This passage is full of idiomatic language. Idiom is 'the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people' and that is defined greatly by the culture of the setting. 
• The method of narration: in first person. The narrator is main character in the novel. The readers and forced to see the world through the eyes of the narrator therefore readers' understanding is limited to the knowledge of the character and are trapped within the narrator's perspective. It is very personal and intimate
• The reportage in the State Gazette is almost like a propaganda (a form of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position). It is manipulating the thoughts of the citizens of the One State.
• The One State forces conformity of from the citizens; 'If they won't understand that we bring them mathematically infallible happiness, it will be our duty to force them to be happy.
• The use of Irony. This is when the writer purposefully constructs concepts that clash against each other. e.g. 'Savage state of freedom', 'mathematically infallible happiness'. As readers our thoughts conflict greatly with the views of the citizens of the One State.