Examples Of Dialectical Journal For Equality 7-2521

1. This section is obviously describing a single person, yet this person constantly refers to himself as we. His body, legs, and head which are solely his are described as ours. It makes me wonder what society/world he is living in because the way a person speaks is also the way their neighbors and family speak, so there has to be a reason . The back of the book says that this world takes place in the future, but that confuses me because the cave he is in is being lit by a candle.

2. This world/society that Equality 7-2521 is living in seems to be based on the idea that all men are brothers and therefore must be alike. The problem with this ideology is that it leaves no room for individuality or creativity.
It has become exceedingly frustrating for me as a reader to comprehend the story when the character is constantly calling himself we and giving shared ownership to thoughts and objects that are his alone. In my mind
I think that the Unmentionable Times mentioned here are supposed to be our society now. The towers which rose to the sky are skyscrapers, the wagons which moved without horses are cars, and the light which burned without flame are light bulbs. These are things I see everyday, yet Equality 7-2521 speaks of them as if they are legends. Obviously whatever technology we have now is not present in his society, but
Well this passage was a bit awkward for me, but I am going to respond to it maturely. Equality 7-2521 has a deep hate for the Palace of Mating, because as he expressed before it enables sex without choice for doing it or choice for whom you are doing it with. When Equality 7-2521 discovers that the Golden One isn’t old enough to be sent to the Palace he is immediately relieved yet he doesn’t understand why because growing up in this society has left him so unfamiliar with human feelings of lust or love. Equality 7-2521’s immediate feelings show that he is attracted to the Golden One, but he believes this attraction is a pure